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OCR — Text recognition

Add a searchable, invisible text layer to a scanned PDF.

Processing happens in your browser. Your files are never uploaded to any server.

Drag a PDF here, paste it, or click to choose it

Keyboard shortcuts

General

  • Search toolsCtrl/Cmd + K
  • Show/hide this help?

Preview and zoom

  • Previous / next page← / →
  • CloseEsc

Visual editor

  • UndoCtrl/Cmd + Z
  • RedoCtrl/Cmd + Shift + Z
  • Copy selectionCtrl/Cmd + C
  • PasteCtrl/Cmd + V
  • Delete selectionDel / Backspace
  • DeselectEsc

Press ? anytime to see this help.

OCR — Text recognition — PapelPDF