PDF OCR Experimental
Extract text from scanned PDFs using optical character recognition powered by Tesseract.js. All processing happens in your browser.
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Processed locally
Free & unlimited
PDF OCR Text Extraction
OCR Settings
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OCR Complete!
Text has been extracted from your PDF.
Known Limitations
- Processing time can be long for large documents
- OCR accuracy depends heavily on document quality
- Handwritten text recognition is limited
- Only English and a limited set of languages available
- Maximum file size: 30 MB due to memory constraints
- This is an experimental feature using Tesseract.js
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How OCR Works
1
Upload PDF
Select a scanned or image-based PDF
2
OCR Processing
Each page is analyzed for text recognition
3
Download Text
Get the extracted text for editing
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this tool free?
Yes. PDF OCR is completely free. It runs entirely in your browser using Tesseract.js.
Why is it experimental?
Browser-based OCR is resource-intensive and may be slow for large documents. Accuracy varies based on document quality.
What languages are supported?
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, and Chinese (Simplified) are currently supported.