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AI OCR PDF & Image Text Extractor

Extract selectable, searchable text from scanned non-searchable PDFs and camera photos using an in-browser Optical Character Recognition (Tesseract WebAssembly) engine.

100% Local Browser Engine Ready — Zero files are uploaded to any server.

How to Use the OCR PDF to Text Tool

  1. 1Upload a scanned PDF document or image.
  2. 2Run the browser-based OCR engine and watch live per-page recognition progress.
  3. 3Copy the extracted text or download it as a clean .TXT file.

Key Benefits & Privacy Guarantees

  • Combines instant native text extraction with fallback WebAssembly OCR for scanned pages.
  • No page credits or subscription required.

Your privacy: This tool runs entirely inside your browser. Your document is never uploaded or sent over the network.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a normal PDF and a scanned PDF?

A normal PDF contains digital text characters, whereas a scanned PDF is just a flat photograph of paper. Our tool checks for native digital text first and lets you run Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned image pages.

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