OCR PDF
Turn a scanned or image-only PDF into a searchable PDF in your browser: the original page image plus an invisible text layer you can select and search. Machine-read text must be checked against the original.
Files you choose stay on your device — they are not uploaded to Tools99.
Workspace: 1. Add files2. Ready3. Working4. Done — download
How this workspace works
- Choose a scanned or image-only PDF.
- Run it in your browser — first run downloads English language data, with progress shown.
- Download searchable.pdf and check the text against the original, or download the plain recognised text.
Turns a scanned or image-only PDF into a searchable PDF: each page keeps its original page image, with the recognised words placed over it as an invisible text layer you can select and search. First run downloads English language data, so it may take a moment — later runs reuse it. Machine-read text must be checked against the original.
Your file never left this device, so there is no server copy to delete. Download again, start over, or continue with a related tool below.
How to use this tool
- Choose a scanned or image-only PDF.
- Run it in your browser — first run downloads English language data, with progress shown.
- Download searchable.pdf and check the text against the original, or download the plain recognised text.
A good use for this
Making a scanned report, book, or receipt searchable and selectable without retyping it.
Limits
Machine-read text, must be checked against the original; proven only on clean printed text. Skew, low contrast, small print, tables, and handwriting are untested and accuracy is not guaranteed; low-confidence words are not specially marked as verified. First run downloads English language data (progress shown) — offline first use is not claimed. The output keeps the original page image and page size; it does not retype, correct, or re-flow the document.