How do I make a scanned PDF searchable?
Text recognition reads each page and places the recognised text under the image, invisibly. Your pages keep their exact appearance, but the document becomes searchable and copyable.
Searchable PDF (OCR)
Make a scanned document searchable and selectable.
A scan is just an image: you cannot search it or copy a sentence from it. Text recognition reads each page and lays the recognised text underneath the image, invisibly. Your pages keep their exact appearance, but the document becomes searchable. Seven languages available.
This tool needs a machine: your file is sent to our servers in Europe, processed, then automatically erased.
Common questions
What happens to my file afterwards?
This tool needs a machine: your file is sent to our servers in Europe, processed, then deleted automatically. We keep no copy and we do not read it.
Which languages are recognised?
Seven: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. Picking the right language markedly improves the result, especially on accents.
Is recognition always accurate?
No. A clean, straight scan gives very reliable text; a blurry, skewed or handwritten photo will produce errors. The original image stays visible, so nothing is lost.