PDF OCR to Text
Recognize English text in scanned PDF pages locally after downloading an OCR model to your browser.
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Use pdf ocr to text
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Result
How to use it
Choose a scanned PDF of up to ten pages and download the recognized text.
What to check
OCR may misread handwriting or poor scans. The first use downloads a model, and this produces text rather than a searchable PDF.
Review the result before using it in a published page, application, or agent configuration.
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Frequently asked questions
What does PDF OCR produce?
It recognizes English text from up to ten scanned pages and downloads text, not a new searchable PDF.
Why does OCR PDF take longer the first time?
A recognition model must download to the browser before local processing. Poor scans and handwriting can still cause errors.
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