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OCR PDF — Make Searchable

Make scanned PDFs searchable using OCR.

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Tips

  • →Text is placed invisibly on top of the original scan — the page looks unchanged.
  • →The OCR engine runs locally in your browser.
  • →For text-only extraction from scans, try the OCR text tool.

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about ocr pdf — free, private, no sign-up.

Open the OCR PDF tool, upload your scanned PDF, choose the document language, and click Run OCR. Recognised text is embedded invisibly, so you can search and copy while the page looks unchanged.

How to use OCR PDF

Done in under a minute — right in your browser.

  1. 1
    Open the OCR PDF tool
    Go to yumpdf.com/ocr-pdf in any browser.
  2. 2
    Select your scan
    Upload a scanned PDF.
  3. 3
    Choose the language
    Pick the text language for best accuracy.
  4. 4
    Download the searchable PDF
    Save a PDF with invisible, searchable text.