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Get the text out of a PDF
You want to quote a paragraph, or search a document your reader will not let you select in. This pulls the text out as plain text.
Open the toolRuns entirely in your browser. The file never leaves your device.
How it works
- Add the PDFDrop the file onto the page.
- Read it outThe text appears. Copy what you need or save it as a file.
- If nothing comes outThen the pages are pictures, not text. Use OCR on the main page instead — that one reads letters out of an image.
Questions
Do my files get uploaded?
No. This tool runs in your browser with JavaScript, so the file never leaves your device. Once the page has loaded you can even go offline and it still works.
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.