Convert scanned PDFs to searchable, editable text online for free. PDF2Tool's OCR runs entirely in your browser using Tesseract.js — your files never leave your device. Supports English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, and Chinese (Simplified). Get plain text or a searchable PDF with a real text layer.
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) reads text from scanned documents or images where the text is embedded as a picture rather than actual text characters.
Yes. Any PDF where you cannot select or copy text can be processed with OCR to extract the text content.
No. OCR processing runs entirely in your browser using Tesseract.js. Your document never leaves your device.
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, and Chinese (Simplified).
Accuracy depends on scan quality. Clear, high-resolution scans typically achieve 95%+ accuracy. Poor quality scans may have lower accuracy.
Yes. Files are processed in your browser whenever possible, and any file uploaded for server-side conversion is automatically deleted within 30 minutes. We never share, sell, or read your documents.