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PDF OCR

For scanned PDFs with no real text layer — reads each page as an image and recognizes the text.

This is slower than PDF to Text since every page is processed as an image. If your PDF already has selectable text, use PDF to Text instead — it's instant.
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Some PDFs are just scanned images with no real text underneath, so normal copy-paste doesn't work. This runs OCR on each page to make a scanned PDF's content readable and extractable — entirely in your browser, with nothing uploaded. Reads Bengali (বাংলা) and English by default.

স্ক্যান করা পিডিএফ থেকে লেখা বের করতে চান? এই টুল বাংলা ও ইংরেজি — দুই ভাষার লেখাই পড়তে পারে, সম্পূর্ণ আপনার ব্রাউজারে, কোনো আপলোড ছাড়াই।

How it works

  1. Add your scanned PDFBest for PDFs with no real text layer — just scanned images of pages.
  2. Run OCREach page is rendered as an image, then read by an OCR engine, entirely in your browser.
  3. Download the textA .txt file with everything the OCR engine could recognize.

FAQ

How is this different from PDF to Text?

PDF to Text reads real, selectable text instantly. PDF OCR is for scanned PDFs with no real text — it reads each page as an image, which takes longer.

Can this read Bangla (Bengali) text in a scanned PDF?

Yes — Bengali and English are both enabled by default, so scanned pages with Bangla text are read automatically.

Why is there a 15-page limit?

OCR is computationally heavy since it runs entirely in your browser. Longer documents are best split first.

Does this work on Mac, Windows, or my phone?

Yes — it runs in any modern browser on Mac, Windows, Chromebook, iPhone, or Android. No app or software to install.