Scanned PDF to text (OCR)
Upload a scanned or image-based PDF. We render each page and run Tesseract OCR (English) and return a single .txt file. Up to 25 pages per request.
Limits: up to 20 files, 15MB per PDF, 10MB per image, 25MB total, up to 200 pages per PDF. OCR: up to 25 pages, English only.
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About this tool
Upload a scanned or image-based PDF. We render each page and run Tesseract OCR (English) and return a single .txt file. Up to 25 pages per request. PDF Tool Hub is completely free to use: no sign‑up, no email address, no subscription, and nothing else required. Just open a tool and go. We do not store your files or personal data, do not use tracking cookies, and process files only temporarily on our servers. We do not send your files to third parties; PDF processing uses no external APIs.
FAQ
Which languages are supported?
This tool uses English (`eng`) only. Other languages need extra Tesseract data files on the server.
Why is OCR slow or heavy?
Each page is rasterized and analyzed by Tesseract on our servers. Large page counts take longer.
