OCR PDF
Make scanned PDFs searchable with optical recognition
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USER GUIDE & BENEFITS
How to Use OCR PDF
Everything you need to know about processing your PDF files quickly, privately, and 100% locally in your browser.
3 Simple Steps
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Step 1
Upload your scanned PDF document or image file.
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Step 2
Click "Run OCR Page Scanning" to launch character recognition.
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Step 3
Copy the extracted text output or download it as a text file.
Why Use PDF Section?
- Browser-Native OCR: Powered by Tesseract WebAssembly engine running on your machine.
- Extract Non-Selectable Text: Turn flat image pixels into copyable, searchable text.
- 100% Private Extraction: Your scanned contracts and notes never touch third-party servers.
Popular Use Cases
- •Converting scanned book pages, paper receipts, and invoices into editable text.
- •Extracting text from image-only PDFs to enable Ctrl+F keyword searching.
- •Digitizing legacy paper archives into searchable plain text files.