OCR a PDF: make scans searchable
Run OCR on a scanned PDF in your browser. Text is recognised on each page and added as an invisible layer, so you can search, select and copy it. Nothing is uploaded.
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Good to know
- Recognises English text. The page images are not changed.
- OCR runs on your device and takes a few seconds per page; large documents take a while.
- Pages that already contain text are left as they are.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I make a scanned PDF searchable?
- Add the scanned PDF and choose Run OCR. Each page gets an invisible text layer, so search and copy work.
- Is my scan uploaded for OCR?
- No. The OCR engine runs in this tab, downloaded once from this site.
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