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OCR PDF

Make a scanned PDF searchable and selectable

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About OCR PDF

Run optical character recognition (OCR) on a scanned or image-based PDF to add an invisible, searchable text layer. The page images stay exactly the same, but you can now select, search, and copy the text.

How to use OCR PDF

1

Upload your scanned PDF

Select or drag and drop the image-based PDF you want to OCR.

2

Run OCR automatically

We detect text in the scanned pages and add a searchable text layer.

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Download searchable PDF

Get a PDF that looks the same but with selectable, searchable text.

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