OCR PDF — Extract Text from Scanned Documents Free
Extract text from scanned PDFs and images online for free using OCR. Supports 100+ languages. 100% browser-based — your files stay private.
Extract text from scanned PDFs and images instantly \u2014 completely free, no signup required. PDFFlare uses Tesseract.js to perform OCR (Optical Character Recognition) directly in your browser. Your documents never leave your device.
Upload a scanned document, receipt, screenshot, or photo of text. PDFFlare extracts all readable text and lets you copy it to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file. Multi-page PDFs are processed page by page with clear separators in the output.
After extracting text, you can edit the original PDF to add annotations, or compress it to reduce the file size before sharing.
Drop your PDF or image file here
PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF up to 50 MB
How to Extract Text with OCR
Upload your file
Click the upload area or drag and drop a scanned PDF or image file (JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF).
Select the document language
Choose the language of the text in your document. This helps the OCR engine recognize characters more accurately.
Extract text
Click 'Extract Text' and wait while the OCR engine processes your document. Multi-page PDFs are handled automatically.
Copy or download
Copy the extracted text to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file. You can also select and copy specific sections.
When Do You Need OCR?
Digitizing scanned documents: Convert paper documents, contracts, and legal papers into editable text. Scanned PDFs look like images to computers \u2014 OCR reads the text so you can search, copy, and edit it.
Extracting text from screenshots: Pull text from screenshots, social media images, or photos of whiteboards. Instead of retyping everything manually, let OCR handle it in seconds.
Processing receipts and invoices: Extract amounts, dates, and vendor names from scanned receipts for expense tracking or accounting. OCR saves hours of manual data entry.
Making PDFs searchable: Scanned PDFs cannot be searched with Ctrl+F. Extract the text with OCR, then use it alongside the original document to find specific information quickly.
Why Use PDFFlare for OCR?
100% Browser-Based
Your files never leave your computer. Tesseract.js runs OCR entirely in your browser \u2014 no server uploads, no data collection.
100+ Languages Supported
Recognize text in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and many more languages.
PDFs & Images
Works with scanned PDFs, JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, and TIFF. Multi-page PDFs are processed page by page automatically.
No Signup Required
Start extracting text immediately \u2014 no account, no email, no watermarks. Just drop your file and go.