1 Upload a PDF by clicking the corresponding button or via drag and drop mechanism. Alternatively, use Google Drive or Dropbox to add a file.
2 Choose the OCR language. This will improve the PDF text recognition results. 3 Click the "Start" button to initiate the process. 4 Download your output text document or share it further.Briefly, OCR, or Optical Character Recognition, is a technology that’s being used to extract handwritten, typed or printed text from an image.
Which OCR languages are supported?The following PDF OCR languages are supported: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Indonesian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Turkish, Russian, Thai, Polish, and Arabic.
When do I need to use OCR?Say, you have a scanned document of low quality but you need to edit PDF or at least make it readable. OCR was created to "read" documents and create an editable text version of them. In addition, if you work with historical documents, such as old newspapers or magazines, OCR is an ideal solution for archiving information and further distribution.
Is the PDF OCR tool safe and secure?Each file is processed in our secure server environment and, after successful conversion, it is automatically deleted within 2 hours to ensure its safety and privacy.