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Read the text out of a scanned PDF
A scan looks like a document but it is a picture of one — you cannot select a word or search for a name. OCR looks at the shapes and works out the letters.
Open the toolRuns on our server — the file is uploaded, processed and sent back.
How it works
- Add the scanned PDFThe file is sent to the server, which is where the reading happens.
- Let it readClear, straight scans come out best. A crooked or blurry photo comes out worse.
- DownloadTake the text, or the PDF with the text laid behind the picture.
Questions
Do my files get uploaded?
Yes — this one runs on a server, so the file is sent over the network and processed there. If you would rather nothing left your device, use the browser tools on the main page instead.
Is there a watermark or a sign-up?
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Neither. No account, no watermark on the output. The practical limit is your device memory — large scanned files use more of it.