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English OCR for Scanned PDF Files

Make English scanned PDF pages searchable and selectable. Choose a page range and follow live OCR progress with estimated time remaining.

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Simple and focused

OCR PDF without installing software

Recognize English text in scanned documents while keeping unselected pages in the output. Processing can take time on large PDFs, so the tool shows page progress and an estimated time left.

How it works

Finish in three steps

Choose a scanned PDF.

Select all pages or enter an OCR page range.

Follow the progress, then download the searchable PDF.

Built for everyday PDFs

What this tool gives you

✓English OCR with page-range selection
✓Live page progress and estimated time left
✓Unselected pages remain in the PDF

Questions

OCR PDF FAQ

Which OCR languages are supported?

The current OCR tool supports English only. Other languages may be inaccurate or omitted.

Can I OCR only part of a large PDF?

Yes. Enter individual pages and ranges to reduce processing time while preserving the other pages.

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