Make a scanned PDF searchable again
Extract structured text from image-based PDFs and compare the output with the original document.
Format
Header verified
File limit
10 MB
Per document
Result
Structured
Text and layout
PDF recognition with an audit trail
Keep the original document visible while checking every extracted section.
PDF signature check
Files must contain a real PDF header before recognition starts.
Page-aware output
The result includes the provider page count and page-level layout blocks when available.
Formula and table views
Inspect structured blocks separately from the full Markdown result.
No cloud history
The application database does not retain the uploaded PDF or OCR text.
Where PDF OCR helps
Recover useful text from PDFs that behave like images.
Scanned reports
Recover headings, paragraphs and tabular sections from scanned reports.
Academic PDFs
Extract text and formulas from image-based reading material.
Forms and manuals
Create editable Markdown from archived forms and printed manuals.
PDF OCR FAQ
Current file, privacy and billing boundaries.
Recover text from your PDF
Upload a PDF from the homepage workspace and review each result view before export.
The current file limit is 10 MB per PDF.