OCR (Optical Character Recognition) converts scanned PDF images into searchable, editable text. It recognizes characters in image-based PDFs and adds a text layer, making the content searchable, copyable, and screen-reader accessible.

How accurate is the OCR?

Our OCR engine achieves 95-99% accuracy for clear, high-resolution scans. Accuracy depends on scan quality, font clarity, and language. Clean scans with standard fonts get near-perfect results, while low-quality scans may have minor errors.

Which languages are supported?

We support 100+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, and many more. Multi-language documents are supported - the OCR can recognize multiple languages in one PDF.

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Convert scanned PDFs to searchable documents with advanced OCR. Extract text from images, make PDFs searchable, and unlock scanned content for editing.

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Free PDF OCR - Make Scanned PDFs Searchable and Editable

Have a scanned PDF that you can't search or copy text from? PDFDaddy's free OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool converts image-based PDFs into fully searchable, editable documents. Perfect for scanned contracts, old documents, book pages, and any PDF where the text is locked in images.

Our advanced OCR engine recognizes text with 95-99% accuracy, supports 100+ languages including multi-language documents, preserves original layout and formatting, and adds an invisible text layer that makes PDFs searchable and screen-reader accessible.

How to OCR a PDF in 3 Easy Steps

Upload Scanned PDF

Click "Choose File" or drag and drop your scanned PDF, image-based PDF, or photo of a document.

Select Language

Choose document language from 100+ options. Auto-detect available. Supports multi-language documents.

Download Searchable PDF

Click "Apply OCR" and download your searchable PDF. Text is now searchable, copyable, and editable!

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