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A scanned document is really just a picture of text -- you can't search it or select and copy from it. This tool runs optical character recognition (OCR) and adds an invisible text layer underneath, so the page looks exactly the same but becomes searchable and selectable.

OCR is genuinely CPU-intensive, so this runs on our server -- your file is uploaded only for this one job and deleted right after.

Frequently asked questions

Will this change how my document looks?

No -- the visible page is untouched; only an invisible text layer is added underneath it.

Does this work for languages other than English?

Yes -- choose your document's language from the list for accurate recognition.

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