OCR: searchable PDF

Make scans and photos searchable and copy their text.

Optical character recognition: turns scans and photos into searchable PDFs, with an invisible text layer exactly under the image.

How to use it

1. Choose scanned PDFs or photos.
2. Pick the document language (Portuguese, English, French, Spanish).
3. Wait for recognition and download the PDF and, if you like, the text as .txt.

When it helps

• Search words in a scanned contract.
• Copy text from a photo of a document.

Limitations

• Quality depends on the image: shaky, dark or handwritten pages give more errors.
• The first time, the OCR engine is downloaded (about 10 MB) and kept.

Frequently asked questions

Does the document look different?

No. The image stays the same; only invisible text is added on top.

Does it work offline?

After the first use, Portuguese and English work offline.

Privacy

This processing happens on your device. The file is not uploaded to our servers and is gone from memory when you close the page.