OCR PDF is a browser-based tool on PDFBro. Use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to extract text from scanned documents or image-based PDFs. Download the detected text as a .txt file for editing or searching. No signup required, no watermarks added. Maximum file size: 100 MB.
FAQ
- What is OCR and why do I need it for PDFs?
- OCR (Optical Character Recognition) extracts text from scanned documents or image-based PDFs. Scanned PDFs look like documents but are actually just images — OCR makes their text searchable and copyable.
- How do I extract text from a scanned PDF for free?
- Upload your scanned PDF to PDFBro's OCR PDF tool. The text is extracted and provided as a downloadable .txt file.
- How accurate is PDFBro's OCR?
- Accuracy depends on the scan quality. Clear, high-resolution scans of typed text typically achieve 95%+ accuracy. Handwriting and low-quality scans have lower accuracy.