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How to OCR a PDF Free: Make Scans Searchable

Turn a scanned PDF into a searchable document with in-browser OCR. No CDN language downloads.

How to OCR a PDF Free

Turn a scanned PDF into a searchable document with in-browser OCR. No CDN language downloads.

Steps

  1. Open the matching tool on this site.
  2. Drop your PDF onto the upload zone (nothing is uploaded to a server).
  3. Choose your options and run the tool.
  4. Rename the output if you like, then download.

Privacy

All processing happens in your browser. For OCR, the English language model is served from this site, not a third-party CDN.

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