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OCR PDF · Make Scanned PDFs Searchable

Extract text from scanned PDFs using optical character recognition — supports 7 languages.

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Accepted: .pdf · Max 200 MB

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About this tool

What is OCR PDF?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) reads text from scanned document images and makes it selectable, searchable, and copyable. This transforms a flat image-only PDF into a proper text document.

Step by Step

How to use OCR PDF

Upload scanned PDF

Select the scanned PDF document you want to make searchable.

Choose language

Select the language of the document text (English, German, French, etc.).

Click Process File

Tesseract OCR reads and extracts text from every page.

Download text file

Download the extracted text for editing or searching.

Features

Why use EditPDFDoc?

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7 languages

English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch

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All pages scanned

Every page of the PDF is processed

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Editable text

Output is a plain text file you can edit and search

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Fast OCR

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What languages are supported?

English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch are currently supported.

How accurate is the OCR?

For clearly scanned documents at 200+ DPI, accuracy is typically 95-99%. Blurry or low-resolution scans will have lower accuracy.

Can OCR read handwriting?

No. Tesseract OCR is designed for printed text only. Handwriting recognition requires specialised AI tools.

What DPI should my scan be?

At least 150 DPI for acceptable results, 300 DPI for best accuracy.

Is the output a searchable PDF or a text file?

Currently the output is a plain text file. You can copy the text back into Word or a PDF editor.

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