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Check PDF for OCR Text

Check whether a PDF already contains searchable OCR text before spending time running recognition again.

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What Check PDF for OCR Text actually does

Check whether a PDF already contains searchable OCR text before spending time running recognition again.

Good reasons to use it

  • Working with scans that do not contain reliable selectable text
  • Making paper records searchable before filing or review
  • Recovering text or tables from photographed and scanned pages

How to use Check PDF for OCR Text

  1. 1
    Add the PDF or source files needed for this task.
  2. 2
    Choose OCR language or scan-cleanup options when the page offers them.
  3. 3
    Process the job, review the result, then download the new file.

What this tool does not promise

Recognition quality depends on scan resolution, orientation, language and print quality. Check important names, numbers and legal text after OCR.

When possible, this tool works directly in your browser. If the job needs features that are not available there, Tool67 can use temporary server processing to complete the task and return the result.

Questions people ask

Will OCR be perfectly accurate?

Recognition quality depends on scan resolution, orientation, language and print quality. Check important names, numbers and legal text after OCR.

Where is the file processed?

When possible, this tool works directly in your browser. If the job needs features that are not available there, Tool67 can use temporary server processing to complete the task and return the result.

ProcessingOn-device when possible
TypeOCR & Scanned PDF
StatusAvailable