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OCR PDF Online — Free and Private

OCR PDF scans in the browser to make them searchable and copyable, using Tesseract with 100+ languages. Add your one scanned PDF and get a searchable PDF or extracted text — no upload, no signup, no watermark.

What you can do with OCR PDF

Searchable PDF output, or plain text extraction

Over 100 OCR languages with per-page selection

Runs locally, so confidential scans stay private

How to ocr pdf in 3 steps

  1. Add the scanned PDF

    Image-only pages are detected automatically.

  2. Choose the OCR language

    Match the language of the document for better accuracy.

  3. Download the searchable PDF

    Select and search text in the output file.

Large PDFs break email limits, portal uploads and slow connections. OCR PDF rebuilds the file on your device, so the wait is your own CPU rather than an upload queue, and the optimised copy stays private — useful when the document contains client data that should not sit in a third-party converter's storage.

No upload

Your one scanned PDF are read locally with JavaScript and WebAssembly — for this tool, nothing is sent to a server.

No signup

No account, no email, no credit card, no trial to remember.

No watermark

What you download is the real file — clean, unmarked and print-ready.

OCR PDF FAQ

What do I get back after using OCR PDF?

You get a searchable PDF or extracted text.

Is this tool really free?

Yes. Every tool here is free with no account, no trial and no watermark. There is no daily limit and no paywalled export — the whole toolkit is open source.

Are my files uploaded to a server?

No. OCR PDF runs in your browser with JavaScript and WebAssembly, so your one scanned PDF are processed on your device and nothing is uploaded for this tool. That matters for contracts, invoices, IDs and anything under an NDA.

Does it work on a phone, and can I use it offline?

Yes. The page works in any modern browser on desktop, tablet or phone, and once it has loaded it keeps working with no connection.

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