OCR PDF.
Pull readable text out of scanned PDFs, page by page. Output is a plain text file.
Files never leave your device
Local processing
Conversions happen in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Instant results
Native browser APIs mean no server queue, no waiting room.
No account needed
Open, drop, convert. No sign-up, no email, no friction.
Frequently asked questions
How does this work?
Each page of your PDF is rendered as an image, then the OCR engine reads text from each image and concatenates the results. The output is a plain text file with page markers.
Will this work on PDFs that already have selectable text?
Technically yes, but it's overkill — use PDF to Word instead. OCR is for *scanned* PDFs where text is just images and can't be selected.
Why is it slow?
OCR is computationally heavy. A typical scanned PDF page takes 2-5 seconds per page on a modern laptop. The first run also downloads ~3 MB of OCR engine.
Can the output be a searchable PDF instead of TXT?
Plain text only for now. A 'searchable PDF' option (text overlay on the original PDF) is a planned enhancement.
Are my files really not uploaded?
Correct. Every conversion in this tool runs in your browser using JavaScript and the local file APIs. There is no server-side processing, no file upload, no temporary storage, and no log of what you converted. You can verify this by opening your browser's network tab while converting — the only traffic is loading the page itself.
Do I need an account or to install anything?
No. Open the page, drop your file, download the result. No signup, no email, no extension, no app.
Is there a file-size limit?
Not from us. The practical limit is your device's memory — browser tabs typically handle files in the hundreds of megabytes range without issues. Very large files may take longer to process on phones than on laptops.