Extract editable text from a scanned PDF without cloud OCR
- Choose one scanned PDF or local PNG, JPEG or WebP images. Select only the pages you need.
- Select English, Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese. Rotate a sideways scan and adjust crop or contrast before recognition.
- Run recognition, compare the editable text with the original, and export TXT or Markdown after correcting mistakes.
Check names and numbers against the scan
For a scanned order containing “Order 2048”, check the recognized digits and surrounding punctuation before copying the text. Selecting pages 1–3 avoids processing an entire document when only the opening pages are relevant.
Recognition is not guaranteed to preserve tables, handwriting or faint characters. The first run downloads OCR engine and language assets, but the document is processed locally. Use Searchable PDF Maker when you need a PDF with a search layer instead of a text export.