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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