OCR PDF Online Free — Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) extracts text from scanned documents and images, turning static PDFs into searchable, editable content. Our free online OCR PDF tool lets you recognize text from any scanned document — all in your browser with zero uploads.

Why Use OCR on PDFs?

Scanned PDFs are essentially images of pages — you cannot search, copy, or edit the text. OCR adds a text layer, making the document searchable and the text extractable. This is essential for digitizing printed archives, extracting quotes from books, or converting paper forms into editable data.

How to OCR a PDF in 3 Steps

1. Upload — Go to our OCR PDF tool and select a scanned PDF or image.
2. Recognize — The OCR engine processes each page and extracts text.
3. Copy or download — Copy the recognized text to your clipboard or download it as a TXT file.

Powered by Tesseract.js, one of the most accurate open-source OCR engines. Works with PDFs, JPG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF files.

Common Uses

• Digitizing printed documents for archiving
• Extracting text from scanned books and articles
• Making scanned PDFs searchable in document management systems
• Converting image-based forms into editable text