OCR PDF Online

Turn scanned PDFs and photos into searchable, selectable text. Upload your file and OCR recognizes every word — right in your browser.

No installation needed — works directly in your browser
SSL encrypted — your files stay completely private
Works on any device — desktop, tablet, or mobile
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What our users say

4.8
Based on 63,000+ user reviews

I photograph invoices and receipts on site and they used to be dead files — no way to search them. Now I run OCR on the batch and can find any amount or vendor name in seconds.

James K.
James K.
Financial Analyst
✓ Verified Review

We digitized twenty years of paper contracts. OCR made the whole archive searchable, so instead of flipping through binders we just type a clause and the right page comes up. It changed how the office works.

Marcus T.
Marcus T.
Office Administrator
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Old course readers and scanned book chapters were impossible to quote from. After OCR I can select and copy passages directly instead of retyping them. My students use it constantly now too.

Ava T.
Ava T.
University Lecturer
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Scanned_Invoice.pdf
6 pages · 1.1 MB
PDF
Recognition
Language: English
6 pages detected
⌕ Recognize text (EN)
⌕ Reading pages 1–6...
All 6 pages recognized. Text is searchable.

Text recognition that
actually reads

A scan is just a picture until OCR reads it. Upload your file and every word becomes searchable, selectable, and ready to copy.

1

Search and copy any scan

OCR turns the flat image of your scan into real text. Find any word with Ctrl+F, select it, and copy it straight into another document.

2

Your layout stays intact

The recognized text is placed invisibly over the original page, so your document looks exactly the same — it just becomes searchable.

3

Built for scans and photos

Whether the file came from a scanner, a phone camera, or a fax, OCR handles skewed pages and uneven lighting without breaking a sweat.

Your files are
Perfectly safe

We take your privacy seriously. Every file you upload is handled with care and automatically deleted once you're done.

Bank-level encryption
You control your files
Never shared or sold
No software required

Your files are scrambled in transit

Every upload is protected with the same encryption technology your bank uses. Nobody can intercept or read your files.

Keep 100% control over your files

Once you are done, your files can be permanently deleted from our servers on demand. Nothing is shared, sold, or visible on our end.

We never look at your documents

Your files are processed by our software only. No human ever sees, reads, or has access to anything you upload.