pdf-toolsMake a Scanned PDF Searchable with OCR
A scanned PDF is just a picture of a page. You can't search or select it. The steps OCR adds a hidden text layer so Ctrl+F finally works, all in your browser.
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Free OCR for PDFs: How It Works
Free OCR often means uploading your files to someone else's server. How to do it in-browser OCR reads scanned PDFs on your own device, and why that's
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Extract Text from a Scanned Document
Need the words out of a scan or photographed page: to quote, edit or reuse them? The steps to extract clean text from an image-only PDF without retyping a
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