How OCR Works
Optical Character Recognition analyzes each page image and identifies text, converting it to selectable characters. The output is a PDF with searchable text layers.
OCR PDF
Make scanned documents searchable with OCR
Files stay on this device. The PDF you load is processed in your browser
using pdf-lib and friends, then saved back to disk — no upload,
no server, no copy kept.
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Frequently asked
§What does OCR do?
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) converts scanned images of text into actual selectable and searchable text.
§What languages are supported?
English is currently supported. More languages coming soon.
§Does it work on already searchable PDFs?
The tool will still process but won't change text that is already selectable.
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