Useful for scans
Receipts, forms, old documents, and camera scans can often be converted into text you can search, copy, or reuse.
OCR PDF · LOCAL-FIRST
OCR PDF
Turn scans into readable text.
Extract text from scanned or image-based PDF pages right in your browser. Copy it, download it, or send the extracted text by WhatsApp.
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Extract text from a scanned PDF
Add one PDF. Ninjitzu PDF renders each page and runs OCR locally in your browser.
Reading pages locally.
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Add a scanned PDF and I’ll turn the visible words into copyable text.
OCR for scanned PDF documents
Image-only PDFs may look normal but contain no selectable text. OCR analyzes the page image and reconstructs the visible words as editable text.
Local OCR
The page images are processed in your browser. Ninjitzu PDF does not need the document on a server to read it.
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What does OCR PDF do?
OCR reads text from scanned or image-based PDF pages and returns editable text.
Is OCR done locally?
Yes. The OCR engine runs in the browser.
Does OCR change my original PDF?
No. This page extracts text and leaves the source PDF untouched.