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OCR PDF

Recognize text from scanned PDFs in your browser without uploading documents.

✓ Private browser OCR · No document upload

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This tool extracts editable text; it does not create a searchable PDF yet. Accuracy depends on scan quality. The OCR engine and selected language model are loaded only from HeyMyPDF.

Options and limitations

Select the document recognition language, run OCR and download recognized text as TXT. Recognition offers English, Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. The interface language is separate. This tool does not create a searchable PDF; check recognition errors before reusing text.

How to use

Choose your input, adjust the available settings, review the result and download or copy it.

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How it works

Choose a scanned PDF and its language, select Recognize text, review the result and download it.

Does OCR upload my PDF?

No. OCR runs in your browser and your PDF stays on your device. The engine and language model load from HeyMyPDF.

Can it read every scan?

Clear, straight scans give better results. Handwriting and blurry images may not be recognized accurately.

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