Digitize scanned notes
Turn photographed notes, receipts, or paperwork into editable text without a desktop OCR app.
OCR Tool
Extract text from images and PDF pages with browser-based OCR and copy the results instantly.
Waiting for a file.
Recognized text
How to use this tool
A quick workflow so you can get the result you need without guesswork.
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Upload an image file or a PDF document.
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Choose the OCR language and click Extract Text.
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Wait for recognition to finish, then review and copy the extracted text.
Useful examples
Practical cases where this utility saves time and reduces mistakes.
Pull text from PDFs
Extract content from image-based PDF pages when copying normally is not available.
Quick document triage
Grab readable text from screenshots and scans while sorting or summarizing incoming files.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the most common questions about the calculator above.
What file types can the OCR tool read?
It can process common image formats and PDF files by rendering each page and running OCR on the result.
Does OCR happen in the browser?
Yes. Recognition runs client-side with JavaScript, so uploaded files do not need to be sent to a server.
Can OCR accuracy vary?
Yes. Accuracy depends on image quality, language, resolution, and how clean the original scan or photo is.
Can I OCR multi-page PDFs?
Yes. The tool processes each page and appends the recognized text in order.
Extract Text from Images and PDFs Online
This OCR tool converts images and PDF pages into selectable text directly in your browser. It is useful when you receive scanned documents, screenshots, receipts, or photographed notes and need the text in editable form.
The page supports both image files and PDFs, which means you can use one workflow for most common OCR tasks. Once recognition finishes, you can review the extracted text and copy it immediately into another app.
Helpful for Notes, Scans, Receipts, and Image-Based PDFs
Optical character recognition is especially helpful when documents are locked inside images or scans. A lightweight browser OCR tool saves time when the task is simply to recover text rather than archive or deeply edit the file.
Because processing happens locally, this page is also convenient when the document is temporary or contains internal information you do not want to upload to a third-party service.
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