OCR PDF online and make text searchable

Perform optical character recognition on scanned PDFs to make all text searchable and selectable.

You’ll need
PDF
80 MB max
You’ll get
PDF
How long
Under 1 min

Have scanned documents, invoices, or books where you can't select or search words? This page runs OCR on your PDF to generate an accurate searchable text layer.

How to OCR a PDF

  1. Upload your scanned PDF document.
  2. Choose whether to enable automatic deskewing or cleaning of scan speckles.
  3. Press Convert file and download the searchable PDF.

What you get

A standard .pdf document with selectable, searchable text that can be copied into any application or indexed by search tools.

When this helps

  • Turning scanned receipts, contracts, and books into searchable archives
  • Copying text out of old non-searchable legacy documents
  • Preparing legal discovery or research files for full-text search

Common questions