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OCR PDF

Make scanned PDFs searchable. OCR recognises the text on every page and adds a real, selectable text layer — without changing how your document looks. Free, fast and secure.

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Make scanned PDFs searchable and selectable by adding an invisible text layer with OCR. oMyPDF's OCR PDF tool uses OCRmyPDF and Tesseract to recognize text in over a dozen languages and embed it invisibly into your PDF — so you can search, copy, and index scanned documents just like any native-text PDF. Processing runs on our servers for the highest recognition accuracy.

How to OCR a PDF

  1. 1

    Upload

    Select your scanned PDF, or drag and drop it in.

  2. 2

    Choose language

    Pick the document's language and run OCR — text is recognised on every page.

  3. 3

    Download

    Download a searchable PDF you can select, copy and search in any reader.

OCR PDF features

Searchable & selectable

Adds an invisible text layer so you can find, select and copy text from scans.

Many languages

Recognise text in English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and more.

Looks identical

Your page images are untouched — only a hidden, accurate text layer is added underneath.

Security & privacy

Your files are processed securely on our servers over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection and deleted immediately after OCR processing. We never store, read, or share your documents.

Frequently asked questions

Is the oMyPDF OCR tool free?

Yes. Running OCR on your PDF is 100% free with no watermark and no sign-up required.

What does OCR do?

OCR (optical character recognition) reads the text inside scanned page images and adds it back as a real, invisible text layer — so the PDF becomes searchable, selectable and copy-able while still looking exactly the same.

Which languages are supported?

English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hindi. Choose the main language of your document for the best accuracy.

Will it change how my PDF looks?

No. The original page images are kept exactly as they are. OCR only adds a hidden text layer underneath, plus optional automatic deskew and rotation for cleaner results.

Can I then edit or convert it?

Yes. Once a PDF is searchable, you can copy its text or run it through PDF to Word, PDF to Excel or PDF to Markdown to get an editable file.

Are my files safe?

Your PDF is processed on our server over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection, OCR'd immediately, and the file is deleted right after.