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OCR PDF

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Turn image-only scans into PDFs whose text you can search, select, and copy.

Choose a scanned PDF

Recognize text and save a searchable new copy.

Your PDF stays on this device.
Searchable scans

Find, select, and copy recognized text

OCR adds an invisible text layer while the original scanned pages remain visually unchanged.

Private processing

Recognize text without uploading your PDF

Text recognition runs on this device, and the original PDF is never changed.

Questions

OCR PDF — quick answers

How do I use the OCR PDF tool?

Open OCR PDF, add a scanned document, run text recognition, and download a searchable PDF with a selectable text layer.

More questions? See the All You Can PDF FAQ.