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Extract Text from Images and PDFs (OCR)

Turn photos of documents and scanned PDFs into text you can copy and edit. Recognition happens in your browser: your file isn't uploaded.

No sign-up and nothing uploaded to a server: everything happens in your browser. See for yourself.

How to use: Extract Text from Images and PDFs (OCR)

  1. Select an image or a scanned PDF.
  2. Choose the language of the text.
  3. Wait for the recognition, then copy or download the text.

Frequently asked questions

Are my files uploaded to a server?

No. Everything is processed inside your browser, and your files never leave your device.

Does it recognize handwriting?

Very little. It's designed for printed text.

Which languages does it work in?

Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, and Indonesian.

Why does it take longer the first time?

It has to load the text recognizer in your browser. After that it's faster.

About this tool

OCR (optical character recognition) turns the letters in an image into text. It's useful for converting a photo of a document, a screenshot, or a scanned PDF into text.

It runs on the open-source Tesseract engine, which works inside your browser. The first time, it downloads the recognizer (about 10 MB) and then keeps it saved, so it can work offline.

Accuracy depends on the image: printed, straight, sharp text comes out well; crooked, blurry, or poorly lit photos and handwriting can have errors. Always check the result. For PDFs, up to 50 pages are read.

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