Convert a scanned PDF to text
Read the text of scanned PDF pages and copy it.
How to convert a scanned PDF to text
- Choose the language of the document.
- Drop the PDF on the box or click it to choose it (up to 10 MB).
- Every page is read; the text appears below, page after page. Copy it or download it as a .txt file.
When you need OCR
A scanned PDF contains pictures of pages, so you cannot select or search its text. OCR (optical character recognition) reads the letters in those pictures. PDFs created from Word or a website already contain text: open them and copy the text directly.
Tips
- Scans at 300 dpi give the best results.
- For large PDFs, split them first with a PDF splitter and read the pages you need.
- Check names and numbers in the result: OCR can confuse similar characters such as 0 and O.
How we handle your files
The files you select are sent over the internet to our servers in order to perform OCR on them.
The files sent to our servers are immediately deleted after the conversion has completed or failed.
HTTPS encryption is used when sending your files and when downloading the text extracted from those files.