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
- Upload your scanned PDF document.
- Choose whether to enable automatic deskewing or cleaning of scan speckles.
- 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