What does OCR mean for PDF documents?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) analyzes pixel images of letters and turns them into real digital text characters.

Will my scanned document look different after applying OCR?

No. The visual scan appearance remains identical, but text becomes selectable and searchable with CTRL+F.

We support dozens of major languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Hindi.

Yes! You can run OCR directly through our PDF to Word or PDF to Excel tools.

Yes. Encrypted transfers protect your files, and documents are automatically deleted within 2 hours.

OCR PDF online for free. Optical Character Recognition converts scanned paper PDFs into fully searchable, selectable, and editable text.