Word to PDF
Convert Word documents to PDF online for free. Upload a DOCX and download a clean PDF in seconds.
PDF OCR
Extract text from scanned PDFs with OCR in your browser. Choose pages, then copy or download the text.
Drop a scanned PDF here or click to upload
Text is recognized in your browser — the PDF is never uploaded
How to use PDF OCR
Extract text from scanned PDFs with OCR. Each page is rendered and read in your browser with Tesseract, so confidential documents are never uploaded.
- Choose which pages to read
- Pages that already contain selectable text are extracted directly — no OCR needed
- Copy the text or download it as a .txt file
PDF OCR FAQs
Is PDF OCR free?
PDF OCR is a free online tool on ReallyUseful.Tools. No account is required.
Does PDF OCR run in my browser?
PDF OCR is designed to run in your browser where supported, so files can stay on your device instead of being uploaded to a server.
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