Private PDF OCR

Extract text from scanned PDFs and image files in your browser. Recognition runs on your device and your files are never uploaded.

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Drag & drop files here

or click to browse from your device

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Upload a scanned PDF or an image to begin OCR text extraction.

How to Extract Text From Scanned PDFs and Images

1. Select a scanned PDF or an image that contains the text you need (up to 30MB).

2. Choose the recognition language that matches the text in your file.

3. Click Extract Text and wait — recognition runs in your browser, so long documents take a while.

4. Copy the extracted text or download it as a .txt or JSON file.

Your Files Stay on Your Device — Language Data Comes From a CDN

Your PDFs and images are read and recognized in your browser, and the text you extract is never uploaded. To recognize a language, your browser downloads that language's recognition data from the public jsDelivr CDN, so jsDelivr can see your IP address and that this data was requested — but never your files or your text. Because of that download, this tool needs an internet connection.