PDF OCR — Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

Frequently Asked Questions

What is PDF OCR?
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) converts scanned PDF images into selectable, searchable text. It recognizes characters in scanned documents and makes them editable.
Which languages does the OCR support?
FileNaut's PDF OCR supports over 100 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and many more.
Is the OCR processing done locally?
Yes. All OCR processing happens directly in your browser using Tesseract.js. Your PDF files never leave your device.

Related Tools