OCR PDF
Run OCR on scanned pages and export the extracted text to a .txt file.
Runs in your browser. Your input isn't uploaded.Last updated: August 2026see changelog
About this tool
Each page is rendered to an image, then Tesseract's recognition engine detects characters and lines, producing plain text you can search and reuse.
Locked scans are dead weight — you cannot quote, search, or index them. OCR revives old contracts, receipts, and printed notes into usable data.
Key capabilities
- Tesseract engine runs fully client-side
- Per-page progress with combined output
- Downloadable .txt result
- Nothing uploaded — ideal for confidential scans
- Free unlimited use
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Guides
How-to guides for this task, written as a walkthrough rather than a landing page.