PDF OCR

Convert non-searchable PDF documents into searchable and selectable text in seconds. It’s free and fast to get more accessible, easier to use documents, without manually rewriting scanned text.

Best Online Tool for PDF OCR

Our OCR on PDF tool lets you quickly create a searchable PDF with selectable text. Make non-selectable text easy to copy, make non-searchable text easy to find. It’s really, well, easy.

From Static PDF Image to Searchable PDF Text

You’ve seen PDFs that are basically images of text—and this text can’t be searched or selected. Our PDF OCR tool extracts the text, so you can search and select that nugget you need.

Enhancing Text Quality With OCR

OCR can help enhance the visual quality of old or poor-quality scans. How? By recognizing the scanned words and replacing them with clean, digitally-rendered text.

Searchable + Selectable = Accessible

A PDF with OCR-recognized text can be more easily read by screen readers, making documents more accessible to visually impaired users.

How To Do OCR on PDF for Free

  1. ​​Import or drag & drop your file to our PDF OCR tool.
  2. Wait a few seconds while our OCR tech works its magic.
  3. Edit the PDF with our other tools if needed.
  4. Download or share your editable PDF file—done!