OCR PDF online
OCR, or optical character recognition, can recognize text contained inside scanned PDF pages. This OCR PDF tool processes your document and creates a searchable PDF.
What is OCR?
Optical character recognition converts text visible in scanned documents or images into machine-readable text. This allows you to search for words, select text, and copy recognized content from scanned documents.
How to OCR a PDF
- 1. Upload your PDF. Select the scanned PDF you want to process.
- 2. Start OCR. Click the OCR PDF button to send the document to the OCR processing service.
- 3. Wait for processing. The system converts PDF pages into images and recognizes the text.
- 4. Download your PDF. Your processed searchable PDF will be downloaded automatically.
What can I do with an OCR PDF?
A searchable PDF makes it easier to find words and phrases, select recognized text, copy text into other applications, and work with scanned documents.
Can OCR recognize scanned documents?
Yes. OCR is specifically useful for scanned documents where the visible text is stored as an image rather than as normal selectable PDF text.
Is this OCR PDF tool free?
The current version of the tool is available for free use with supported PDF files.
Frequently asked questions
Can OCR make a scanned PDF searchable?
Yes. OCR can recognize text from scanned pages and create a searchable document.
Can I copy text from an OCR PDF?
When text is successfully recognized, the resulting searchable PDF can allow the recognized text to be selected and copied.
Does OCR work with image-based PDFs?
Yes. OCR is particularly useful for image-based and scanned PDF documents.
How large can my PDF be?
The current frontend accepts PDF files up to 50 MB.