OCR a scanned PDF, free
Make a scanned document searchable and selectable. Optical character recognition adds an invisible text layer over the scan, so you can search, copy and let AI read it — while the page still looks exactly the same.
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How to ocr a scan
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Upload the scanned PDF.
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Pick the document's language for best accuracy.
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Download a searchable PDF that looks identical to the original.
Why use this tool
- Recognises over 20 languages including Arabic, Chinese, Hindi and Russian.
- The visual page is untouched — only an invisible text layer is added.
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