What happens to my file?

It's sent to the server, processed in a temporary folder, returned to you, and deleted right away. Nothing is kept and nothing is shared.

Does it change how my document looks?

No. It adds an invisible, searchable text layer behind the original image, so the page looks the same.

Yes, completely free, with no account and no sign-up.

Run OCR (Optical Character Recognition — reads the text out of images) on a scanned PDF so you can search, copy, and select the text.

Runs on the server

Note: Available in the self-hosted build.

Drop a PDF file here, or click to choose

.pdf · up to 100.0 MB

What happens to my file?: It's sent to the server, processed in a temporary folder, returned to you, and deleted right away. Nothing is kept and nothing is shared.
Does it change how my document looks?: No. It adds an invisible, searchable text layer behind the original image, so the page looks the same.
Is it free?: Yes, completely free, with no account and no sign-up.