File-Tools

OCR PDF

Convert scanned PDF files into searchable documents — free, private, and fast.

Your files never leave your device

Drop a scanned PDF or click to browse

PDF files — processed locally with AI text recognition

How It Works

Step 1

Upload Scanned PDF

Choose the PDF file that contains scanned images of text.

Step 2

OCRing Pages

Our tool processes each page using OCR to recognize text.

Step 3

Download Searchable PDF

Get your new PDF with a selectable text layer.

Frequently Asked Questions

The tool converts PDF pages into images, uses Tesseract.js for optical character recognition, and then builds a new PDF with the recognized text as a searchable layer.
Currently, we support English (eng). Clear scans or high-quality photos work best for recognition.
Yes. The entire OCR process happens in your web browser. Your files are never uploaded to any server.