Extract PDF Text
Pull text out of scanned PDFs.
Select your language, upload a scanned or image-based PDF, and get the full text as a .txt file — processed entirely in your browser with Tesseract OCR.
Drop your PDF here, or browse
Free · No sign-in · Processed in browser
🔒 Processed entirely in your browser — your file never leaves your device.
Features
OCR without limits or sign-ins
- ✓Tesseract LSTM engine — top accuracy
- ✓23 languages including CJK, Arabic, Cyrillic
- ✓All pages processed automatically
- ✓Copy to clipboard or download as .txt
- ✓Page rendered at 2× resolution for best OCR
- ✓Your file never leaves the browser
How to use
Upload
Drop your scanned PDF or click to select it from your device.
Language
Choose the language of the text in your document.
Extract
Click Extract text — each page is OCR'd in sequence.
Download
Copy the result or download it as a .txt file.
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