What is OCR? How to Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

Have you ever tried to copy text from a PDF only to find it's just an image? This happens with scanned documents. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is the technology that fixes this.

How OCR Works

OCR software analyzes the patterns of light and dark in an image to identify shapes that look like letters. It then converts these shapes into digital text that you can copy, paste, and edit.

Use Cases

• Digitizing Archives: Convert old paper records into searchable digital files.
• Data Entry: Quickly extract data from invoices or receipts without typing.
• Translation: Extract text to paste into translation tools.

Try our free OCR PDF tool to make your documents searchable today.