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Client-Side Optical Character Recognition

Free PDF OCR — Extract Text from Scans

Recognize and extract text from scanned PDFs and photos in English, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, French, and German with client-side WebAssembly models.

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Supports PDF, JPG, PNG • 100% in-browser OCR

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How to Use PDF OCR Online

Follow these simple steps to process your document with maximum privacy and speed:

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Upload a scanned PDF or document image.

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Choose the recognition language (English, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, French, German).

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Click 'Run OCR' and track real-time character recognition progress.

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Edit or copy the recognized text, or download as TXT, Word (.docx), or Searchable PDF.

Why Use PDFToolkit for PDF OCR?

100% Privacy Guarantee

Your file is never uploaded to remote servers. The algorithm runs locally in your browser memory via WebAssembly.

Instant Processing

Skip long server queues and network bottlenecks. Documents are rendered and transformed at client-side hardware speeds.

Universal Compatibility

Works seamlessly on Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge across Windows, macOS, Linux, and iOS.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about this tool, security, and usage.

Yes, our OCR engine is powered by client-side WebAssembly (Tesseract.js). The recognition models run locally on your CPU/GPU without transmitting your confidential documents to external servers.