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OCR a scanned PDF — make it searchable.

Turn scanned pages into selectable, copy-able, searchable text. 100+ languages. ~99% accuracy.

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Drop your scanned PDF

  • check 100+ languages
  • check Selectable text
  • check Searchable & copy-able
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Supports PDF up to 100 MB and other formats and extensions up to 25 MB.

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Image scan in. Searchable PDF out.

Stop retyping scans. OCR it once. Search forever.

Receipts, contracts, IDs, books, court exhibits. Our AI reads the pixels, recognises each character, and adds an invisible text layer behind the image. The scan still looks identical — but now you can Ctrl-F, copy, and screen readers can read it aloud.

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checkInvisible text layer added. The original scan is preserved at full quality. An invisible text layer is added behind it. Ctrl-F finds words, copy-paste works, screen readers read the text aloud — but it still looks like the original scan.
3 steps · 5 seconds

OCR in three clicks.

No downloads, no accounts, no friction.

1

Drop your PDF

Any scan, any quality. Up to 100 MB.

2

Pick the language

Auto-detect or choose from 100+ languages, including handwriting and CJK scripts.

3

Download searchable PDF

Ctrl-F works. Copy-paste works. Screen readers work.

Built for the scans you actually have

Accurate on the messy scans,
not just clean type.

Receipts, handwriting, tables, faded faxes — our AI makes even rough scans fully searchable, in 100+ languages.

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99%+

Receipts & invoices

Thermal receipts, invoices and forms — every line item and total becomes searchable.

Structured data
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Reads it

Handwriting

Neat handwritten notes and filled-in forms recognised — not only printed type.

Handwriting
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Rebuilt

Tables & columns

Rows and columns stay aligned, so a searchable table reads like the original.

Layout kept
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100+

Languages & scripts

Latin, Cyrillic and Greek, plus CJK and right-to-left Arabic & Hebrew.

Any script
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Hundreds

Multi-page scans

Whole reports and books — hundreds of pages made searchable in a single pass.

Bulk OCR
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Still works

Low-quality scans

Faxed, faded or 150-dpi scans where ordinary OCR just gives up.

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One workspace · 24+ tools

Need to do something else with your PDF?

Convert, merge, compress, sign, redact, summarize — every PDF task in one place.

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Built for the scans you actually want to search.

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When the deadline is now

Four files. Four deadlines. One tool.

The moments when it has to be done before you log off.

schedule 11:48 PM · Sunday

"Needed it sorted before the 9am call."

A grad student in Lisbon opens her laptop at midnight with one PDF task standing between her and submission. Done in under a minute, no install, no signup.

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schedule 7:42 AM · Tuesday

"Sorted before the standup."

A founder in Berlin gets a Tuesday-morning PDF from a Series-A investor. Coffee in one hand, baby in the other. Handled from the phone in 14 seconds.

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schedule 16:55 · Friday

"The portal closes at 5. It is 4:51."

A consultant in Singapore has nine minutes before the upload portal locks. Drops the PDF in, gets the clean file back, submits with three minutes to spare.

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schedule 02:13 AM · Saturday

"Forty files. One afternoon."

An operations lead in Madrid inherits a folder of 40 PDFs to process before a 6 AM flight. Batches them one after another, archives the clean copies, sleeps on the plane.

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Reviews from people who actually searched the file.

"The fastest PDF tool I've used."

I work with PDFs every week. This is the only one that just works — no install, no watermark surprise, no 20-minute wait. In and out in under a minute.

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James W.
Property Manager · London, UK

"Saved me a stack of admin."

I had 30 vendor PDFs to get through before a deadline. Did them all in 10 minutes flat. Used to take half a day with desktop software.

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Lena S.
Founder · Berlin, Germany

"Layout came out perfect."

I ran a 60-page portfolio through it. Fonts, columns, page numbers — all intact. Opened the result on my iPad and it was pixel-perfect.

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Wei C.
Software Engineer · Singapore

Questions about OCR.

Don't see your question? Our team replies within 24 hours.

For clean printed scans: 99%+ on English, German, French, Spanish; 97-99% on most Latin scripts; 95-98% on CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) and Arabic. Handwriting averages 90-95% depending on neatness.
Over 100 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Tamil, Vietnamese, Thai. Auto-detected on upload, or override manually.
No — visually identical. The original image stays at full quality. We add an invisible text layer behind it. Open the file: same scan. Press Ctrl-F: text is there.
Yes — open it in our Edit PDF tool after OCR and you can re-type any character. Or convert it to Word/DOCX for a fully editable layout.
If you have the password, yes — unlock first with our Unlock PDF tool, then OCR. We do not OCR files we cannot open.
Slightly — the text layer adds about 5-15%. For 100+ MB exhibits, run Compress PDF after to claw it back.
Yes. Files are encrypted with 256-bit SSL in transit and at rest. Auto-deleted 1 hour after you finish. GDPR compliant. We never train AI models on your content.
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Stop retyping scans.
Make it searchable in 5 seconds.

Contracts, books, receipts, court exhibits — turned into searchable PDFs in 5 seconds. 100+ languages.

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