OCR studio
Free OCR: turn scans and photos into editable text
Most OCR tools cap you at a handful of pages or charge for a searchable PDF. This one runs in your browser, so it is unlimited, private and completely free.
Drop a scan, photo or PDF here
PNG, JPG, WEBP, TIFF or PDF — everything is read on your device
Unlimited pages
No 10-page trial wall, no watermark, no daily quota.
Searchable PDF
Keep the original scan and add a selectable text layer.
13 languages
Downloaded once, then cached for instant reuse offline.
Nothing uploaded
Confidential contracts and IDs stay on your machine.
How to extract text from a scan
- 1. Drop your image or scanned PDF into the box above.
- 2. Pick the document language and how clean the scan is.
- 3. Choose whether you also want a searchable PDF.
- 4. Press Extract text, then copy it or download .txt, .docx or the searchable PDF.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this OCR really unlimited and free?
- Yes. Recognition runs entirely inside your browser using the open-source Tesseract engine, so there is no server cost, no page cap and no account.
- Can it turn a scanned PDF into a searchable PDF?
- Yes. Enable 'Also build a searchable PDF' and every page keeps its original image while an invisible text layer is added underneath, so you can select, copy and search the text.
- Which languages are supported?
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese and Korean. The language pack downloads once and is cached for later runs.
- How do I get the best accuracy?
- Choose the correct language, use a scan of at least 300 DPI, keep pages straight, and pick the 'Small print or blurry' quality option for difficult documents.
- Do my documents get uploaded?
- No. Files never leave your device — you can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and OCR still works.