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Turn scanned documents into searchable, selectable text — recognized right on your server.
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Turn scanned documents into searchable, selectable text — recognized right on your server.
This free PDF OCR online tool reads the text inside a scanned or image-based PDF and turns it into real, selectable characters. Upload your scan, run OCR, and get either a searchable PDF (the original pages with a hidden text layer added) or a plain-text file of the recognised content. No signup, no watermark — just clean OCR text recognition in your browser.
OCR (optical character recognition) is what turns a picture of a page into text you can copy, search and edit. Use it to make a PDF searchable, convert a PDF into text, or scan to text from documents, receipts and forms. It supports multiple languages including English and Bangla, so it works as a general document OCR and OCR scanner online. Files are processed securely on the server and deleted automatically, so scanned documents stay private.
A scanned PDF looks like a document, but it's really just an image of one — you can't select the words, copy them, or search inside the file. OCR (optical character recognition) fixes that by reading the picture and working out the actual text. To OCR a PDF online here, upload your scan, choose an output, pick the language, and download the result. It's free, needs no signup, and runs securely on the server.
You get two output choices. Searchable PDF keeps your original pages exactly as they are and adds a hidden, selectable text layer underneath, so the file looks the same but you can now search and copy from it — this is how you make a PDF searchable. The text option skips the PDF and gives you a plain .txt file of everything the OCR recognised, which is handy when you just want to convert a PDF into text and paste it elsewhere.
Accuracy comes down to two things: scan quality and language. Clear, high-resolution, straight pages read far better than blurry or skewed ones, so a good scan is worth it. Choosing the right language helps the OCR text recognition match the correct characters — this tool supports several languages including English and Bangla, so it works as a general document OCR and OCR scanner online rather than English-only.
If you need the recognised text as a Word or Excel file rather than a searchable PDF or plain text, run your PDF through the PDF to Word or PDF to Excel tool after OCR — those are built to rebuild the layout in those formats. For making scans searchable or turning a PDF into text, this free online OCR does the job in a couple of clicks, and your files are deleted automatically after processing.
Upload your scanned PDF, choose searchable PDF or extracted text, pick the language, and run OCR. Download the result — it's free, with no signup or watermark.
Searchable PDF keeps your original pages and adds a hidden text layer so you can search and copy from them. The text option gives you a plain .txt file of the recognised content instead.
Upload it and choose the searchable-PDF output. The tool runs OCR and adds a selectable text layer under your original pages, so the PDF looks the same but its text can now be searched and copied.
Yes. It supports multi-language OCR text recognition, including English and Bangla among others. Pick the document's language before running OCR for the most accurate result.
This tool outputs a searchable PDF or plain text. To get a Word or Excel file, run your PDF through the PDF to Word or PDF to Excel tool, which rebuild the content in those formats.
OCR accuracy depends on scan quality. Blurry, skewed or low-resolution pages are harder to read. A clear, straight, high-resolution scan and the correct language setting give the best results.
Yes. Files are processed securely on the server and deleted automatically after a short time. Nothing is stored long-term or shared with third parties.