Free · No upload · 39 languages
PDF to OCR: turn scans into text, privately.
Convert scanned PDFs, images and screenshots into editable, searchable text. The OCR engine runs inside your browser with WebAssembly, so your document is never uploaded.
PDF · JPG · PNG · WEBP — processed on your device
- Privacy
- Files stay local
- Languages
- 39 OCR models
- Pages
- No page cap
- Account
- None required
No document uploads
Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Indic and CJK
Multi-page PDFs in one run
No sign-up or daily quota
Local document converter
Extract text from a PDF or image.
Drag in a file, choose the language it is written in, and run OCR. Nothing is sent to a server, and the result is yours to copy or download.
Local Sandbox Workspace
Supports PDF, PNG, JPEG, or WEBP
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How it works
Three steps, no upload.
The same PDF.js and Tesseract.js engines that power desktop OCR tools, running inside your browser tab.
Choose a PDF or image
Drop in a scanned PDF, a JPG or PNG photo, or a screenshot. The file is read from your device, not sent to a server.
Pick the document language
Select one of 39 OCR languages so the engine knows which characters to expect. English is the default.
Extract, then copy or export
Run OCR, review the text next to the original page, then copy it or download it as a .txt or .doc file.
Why local OCR
Privacy is the architecture, not a promise.
A hosted converter has to receive your file before it can read it. This one does not.
Your file stays on your device
PDF.js and Tesseract.js run in the browser tab. The document is never posted to an API.
No account or quota
Open the page and start. There is no sign-up step, no daily limit and no watermark on the output.
Multi-page PDFs
Render every page, move between pages in the workspace, and keep the text per page.
Copy, TXT or DOC
Copy the result to the clipboard, download plain text, or export a .doc file for Word and Google Docs.
Use cases
What do you need to convert?
Start from the format you have. Each page opens a focused tool with the same local OCR engine.
Scanned PDF to text
Recover editable text from a PDF that is only page images.
Image to text
Run OCR on a JPG, PNG or WEBP photo of a document.
Screenshot to text
Copy text out of error messages, receipts and chat screenshots.
Handwriting to text
Digitise clear handwritten notes and forms.
Scanned PDF to Word
Turn a scan into a document you can edit in Word.
Make a PDF searchable
Add an OCR text layer so Ctrl+F and copy work.
PDF table extractor
Pull table rows into Excel, CSV or JSON.
Medical OCR and PHI sanitizer
OCR clinical notes and flag common identifiers before sharing.
Browse all tools
OCR, finance, LaTeX, PDF privacy and exam photo tools.
Comparison
PDF to OCR vs hosted converters.
Hosted services and browser-based OCR solve the same problem in different places. Here is the difference that matters most for sensitive documents.
| Aspect | PDFtoOCR | i2OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Where OCR runs | In your browser tab | On the service's servers |
| Document upload | Not uploaded | Uploaded for processing |
| Account needed | No | No account for basic use |
| Price | Free | Free tier available |
Languages
39 OCR languages, one converter.
Choose the language of the document before you run OCR. The list covers Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Indic and CJK scripts, with separate models where a script has regional variants.
View all languagesFAQ
PDF to OCR questions.
Short answers about privacy, formats, languages and limits.
More tools
Keep working after the OCR.
Every tool below runs locally. None of them ask you to create an account or upload a document.
Scanned PDF to Text
Recover editable text from a scanned or image-only PDF.
Image to Text
OCR for JPG, PNG and WEBP photos and screenshots.
Make PDF Searchable
Add an invisible OCR text layer so Ctrl+F works.
Scanned PDF to Word
Export OCR results to an editable Word document.
Free OCR Without Upload
How browser-based OCR keeps documents on your device.
PDF Table Extractor
Pull tables from PDFs into Excel, CSV or JSON.
Redact PDF
Black out sensitive text before sharing a PDF.
Ready to convert your document?
Drop a PDF or image, run OCR, and take the text with you. No sign-up, no upload.