OCR PDF, make scanned text searchable
Make scanned PDFs searchable and selectable with optical character recognition, in 11 languages. This tool runs on our server, not in your browser.
Drop your files
Server-side processing (necessary for this tool). File deleted right after we send back the result.
Why this tool needs a server (and how we handle it)
- This tool needs a binary that doesn't run in browsers (Ghostscript, qpdf, LibreOffice, or Tesseract).
- Your file is processed in an isolated tmpdir per request, on our own server: a VPS in Mumbai, India.
- We delete the tmpdir immediately after the response is sent. A cron backstop clears anything left within an hour (for example after a crash).
- The disk is not encrypted at rest; the file only exists on it for the seconds it takes to process, then is deleted.
- No logging of file contents. No human review. Never used for training, never shared, never kept.
- Sent over HTTPS (TLS), with HSTS preload and a strict CSP enforced.
How to ocr pdf
Three steps. Start to finish in under a minute.
Drop your scanned PDF
Upload the PDF and pick its language. It is sent to our server over HTTPS.
We run OCR with Tesseract
The server reads the text and overlays a searchable layer on your original pages (up to 20 pages per request).
Download the searchable PDF
Your file is deleted from the server right after we send the result back.
Why use LovedPDF for ocr pdf
11 languages
Covers the most common scripts, from English and Hindi to Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic.
Searchable output
The output PDF has selectable, searchable text overlaid on the original scan.
Honest about the server
We name where it runs (Mumbai, India), send over HTTPS, delete right after. No training.