Why browser batch when I have pdftotext?

Locked-down laptops block shells. ExactPDF mirrors the same outcome without installing poppler or exfiltrating files.

Image-only PDFs should OCR first — pair with [OCR PDF](/tools/ocr-pdf) per file, then text export.

Use [Auto Rename PDF](/tools/auto-rename) before export so downstream scripts can glob outputs predictably.

Unicode normalization?

Normalize NFC in your text pipeline if citations mix composed/decomposed Unicode — extraction itself is UTF-8 clean.

PDF to Text

Batch

Compliance

2026-05-03

5 min read

Queue files manually in PDF to Text — same outcome as CLI loops when IT locks down `pdftotext`.

Image-only PDFs still need OCR PDF before text export succeeds.

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Extract plaintext like a CLI batch — in the browser when shells are locked down.

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Litigation and compliance exports can be massive — copy-all-text locally, including OCR for image pages.

Extract text from any PDF — native or scanned. Copy text, save as .txt, or use OCR for scanned documents. Free, private, works offline.

Privilege logs need redaction before plaintext export — Smart Redact locally, then dump text.