Extract Text from PDF Online
Extract and OCR text from PDF documents right in your browser. Works on regular PDFs and scans, 16 languages supported. Files never leave your device.
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What is PDF text extraction and OCR?
Extracting text from a PDF means turning the document pages into editable plain text you can copy, search, and translate. Just upload and hit the button — language detection happens automatically, text-layer PDFs are extracted in seconds, scans are run through in-browser OCR (Tesseract WASM, 16 languages). Files never leave your device.
PDF Text Extraction FAQ
Does it work on scanned PDFs?
Yes. If the PDF has no text layer we automatically run OCR (recognition) right in your browser. 16 languages including English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French. No need for Adobe Acrobat or ABBYY FineReader.
Where does my PDF go?
Nowhere. The file is read in your browser, text is extracted locally through PDF.js, OCR runs through the WebAssembly Tesseract engine. We see neither the PDF nor the recognised text — critical for scanned passports, contracts, medical records.
Do I need to pick the document language?
No — it's auto-detected. PDFs with a text layer go through `franc` for language identification; scans use Tesseract OSD on the first page to read the dominant script (Cyrillic, Latin, Arabic). Supported languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech, Portuguese, Dutch, Bulgarian, Persian, Estonian, Icelandic, Norwegian. The recognition model for the detected language is downloaded once (~10–15 MB) and cached by your browser.
How fast is it?
PDF with a text layer — 1–3 seconds for any size. Scans — about 5–30 seconds per page depending on your device. A modern desktop processes a 20-page scan in 2–3 minutes; a phone is slower.
How accurate is the recognition?
Tesseract is an open-source engine, the same one used in FineReader Express on Linux. On clean scans with straight lines, accuracy is 95–99% by word. On phone photos with skew, shadows, or tiny fonts, expect to proofread. Handwriting is not recognised.
What is the maximum PDF size?
30 MB. For larger files, split your PDF into chunks with our "Split PDF" tool — all operations are local, files never leave your device.