About PDF OCR Tool — Extract Text from Scanned PDFs Using OCR
For scanned PDFs or image-based documents, standard text extraction doesn't work. This tool uses Tesseract.js (open-source OCR engine) loaded from CDN to recognize text in images. Upload a scanned PDF or an image file (JPEG, PNG, TIFF). The tool renders each PDF page at 2.5× scale for accuracy, then runs OCR on each one. Supports 12 languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and more. Shows a confidence score per page and lets you download the extracted text.
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✨ Key Features of Our PDF OCR Tool — Extract Text from Scanned PDFs Using OCR
- ✓Tesseract.js OCR engine
- ✓12 language support
- ✓PDF & image input (JPEG/PNG/TIFF)
- ✓2.5× page scale for accuracy
- ✓Confidence score per page
- ✓Text copy & download
📖 How to Use PDF OCR Tool — Extract Text from Scanned PDFs Using OCR
1
Upload File
Drop a scanned PDF or image file.
2
Choose Language
Select the document's language for best accuracy.
3
Run OCR
Click Start OCR and wait for processing.
4
Download
Copy or download the extracted text.
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