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PDF to Text (OCR)

Added 2026-09-05Updated 2026-09-06

Extract text from normal and scanned PDFs. Existing text is preserved and image-only pages use automatic mixed-script OCR.

✓ Reads embedded PDF text✓ OCR fallback for scanned pages✓ Automatic mixed-script detection

PDF

Choose a PDF file Reads existing text directly and uses OCR only on scanned pages · the file stays on your device

PDF text source

Pages

Language handling

Used only on scanned pages. Multiple regions are sampled, so scripts such as Arabic and Chinese can be recognized together.

Scan quality

No PDF selected.

Extracted text

About this tool

Normal PDF text is read directly. Scanned pages are rendered locally, sampled in multiple regions and recognized with the detected writing-system models.

Common uses

pdf to textscanned pdf ocrpdf txtmixed language ocr

How it works

1Choose or drop a PDF
2Keep automatic text-source mode or force OCR
3Keep automatic script detection or open the advanced override
4Extract and download the UTF-8 text

PDF to Text (OCR)

How it works

Frequently asked questions

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