OCR PDF to page-aware text
Recognize English text in scanned PDFs and export TXT, Markdown, or JSON with page provenance. Processing runs locally in your browser.
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Upload a PDF and click "Run OCR" to convert scanned documents to editable text.
Preparing documents for RAG or agents?
Use structured Markdown, OCR, API keys, and MCP when PDF text has to feed search, embeddings, or internal workflows.
Built for larger private PDFs
Most cloud PDF tools need uploads, accounts, or free-tier caps for large files. ExactPDF processes files locally in your browser, supports PDFs up to 150 MB on this tool surface, and never adds a watermark or daily quota.
How It Works
Step 1: Upload Scanned PDF
Drop scans, photos of paperwork, or printer-output PDFs up to ~150 MB. The page never reaches a server — the OCR engine runs inside your browser tab.
Step 2: Confirm English & Run
The free browser workflow currently uses a vendored English model. Hindi and other languages stay visibly unavailable instead of being fetched from a third-party server.
Step 3: Download OCR Text
Copy the recognized text or download a plain-text file — paste into Word, search by keyword, or feed into LLM/RAG pipelines.
Why Use This Tool
- Direct answer to “OCR PDF free without uploading” — recognizes text in browser using Tesseract, perfect for confidential scans
- Honest English-only model availability — unsupported languages are disabled rather than uploaded or silently downgraded
- Outputs clean recognized text — useful for archival, full-text search, or as input to summarizers
- Zero retention by design: scanned IDs, contracts, prescriptions, and HR records never leave the device
Common Use Cases
Make English scanned contracts and old PDFs searchable, extract text from photographed English invoices for accounting, and prepare scanned English research papers for citation tools and reference managers. Compliance teams OCR document dumps before redaction; researchers OCR archival photos and microfiche PDFs without exposing sensitive content to a cloud service.
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