PDF to Text
Extract text from scanned documents with OCR
Extract text from scanned documents with OCR
About this tool
PDF to Text is a free, browser-based tool that lets you extract text from scanned documents with OCR. It supports PDF → TXT. Everything runs locally on your device, so your files are never uploaded to a server. There's no sign-up, no watermark, and no limit — just open PDF to Text, add your input, and get results instantly.
Provide any text-based PDF document.
We extract the raw text and discard all images and styling.
Save your lightweight plain text file.
Perfect for extracting text for data analysis, machine learning, or programming.
Plain text files take up almost zero storage space.
Blazing fast extraction, even for massive thousand-page PDFs.
PDF to Text processes your data locally in the browser. Nothing is uploaded, tracked, or stored u2014 your files never leave your device.
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