How OCR Works
Upload a scanned PDF, photo, or image. OCR reads the text from pixels and converts it to editable characters. Works with printed text in multiple languages. Handles low-quality scans, skewed pages, varied fonts.
Processing takes a few seconds per page. You get editable Word, searchable PDF, or plain text—depending on what you choose. The text can be searched, copied, edited. Scan quality affects accuracy: clear 300 DPI scans give 95%+ accuracy.
Why Use OCR?
Scanned documents are just images. You can't search them, copy text from them, or edit them. OCR turns images into actual text. Makes old paper archives searchable. Lets you extract data from scanned forms. Converts printed materials to editable files.
Essential for digitizing contracts, receipts, historical documents, book pages. Screen readers need actual text to read aloud—OCR makes scanned documents accessible. Saves hours versus manual retyping.
Common Uses for OCR
Digitize paper receipts for expense tracking. Convert scanned contracts to searchable Word files. Extract text from old books or newspaper archives. Turn photographed whiteboards into editable notes. Make scanned forms fillable and searchable.
Students photograph textbook pages and extract text for study notes. Lawyers convert scanned case files for keyword search. Accountants digitize invoices and receipts. Researchers extract text from historical documents. Anyone with paper documents that need to become digital.