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OCR PDF (Text Extraction)

Extract text from scanned PDFs using browser-based OCR workflows.

All processing happens in your browser. Files never leave your device.

Drop a scanned PDF to extract text

OCR runs in your browser. Use shorter page ranges for faster and steadier results.

Estimated runtime: ~0s for 0 pages.

Use values like 1-3 or 1,3,5-7.

This tool outputs extracted text (TXT). It does not create a searchable PDF yet.

About this tool

Toolnetix OCR PDF extracts text from scanned or image-based PDF pages using in-browser optical character recognition, so you can recover editable text from non-selectable documents. Choose language, set rendering scale, and process selected page ranges for better control over speed and output quality. This is useful for digitizing receipts, printed forms, archives, and scanned reports where copy-and-paste is not available in the source file. The OCR pipeline runs on your device, which helps protect sensitive content because files are not uploaded to external servers. As recognition completes, text is assembled with page separators for easier review, cleanup, and downstream use. You can then copy the extracted text instantly or download a plain TXT file for editing, indexing, translation, or data entry workflows. Try next: PDF to JPG / PNG • Split PDF.

How to use

  1. Upload a scanned PDF.
  2. Choose OCR language and rendering resolution scale.
  3. Select a page range or process all pages with caution.
  4. Run OCR and monitor progress.
  5. Review extracted text in the output panel.
  6. Copy text or download it as a .txt file.

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