PDF OCR

Make a scanned PDF searchable. Text recognition runs over the page images and adds an invisible text layer, so you can select and search the words. This needs a hosted service — your file is uploaded to be processed, then deleted.

Drop a scanned PDF here, or click to choose One file at a time — up to 20 MB

This tool uploads your file. It is sent over HTTPS to our own OCR service, processed, and returned — the file is deleted right after processing and never stored. A PDF that already has real text does not need OCR; open it in the viewer and try selecting a word to check.