What languages does the OCR support?

The OCR engine supports multiple languages including English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and many European languages for accurate text recognition.

How accurate is the OCR text recognition?

Accuracy depends on scan quality, but typically achieves 95%+ accuracy on clear, well-scanned documents with standard fonts.

Will the OCR make my PDF searchable?

Yes, OCR adds an invisible text layer over scanned pages, making the entire document searchable and text selectable.

OCR PDF

Make scanned PDFs searchable with text recognition

Files are not uploaded to any server

Drag PDF file or click to select

Max 50MB

OCR processing happens entirely in your browser. The first run downloads the language model (~30MB) which is cached for future use.

How to use

1Upload a scanned PDF
2Select recognition language
3Click process to make it searchable

What is OCR?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) converts images of text into actual searchable text. After processing, you can search for text within the PDF, copy text, and use text-to-speech features. The original appearance of your document remains unchanged.