OCR: make scanned PDFs searchable

Upload a scanned PDF or a photo of a document and get back a searchable PDF, plain text or an editable Word file. Text recognition runs on our servers, nothing to install, and files are deleted automatically after 24 hours.

Output

Document language

Pick the language of the scanned text so the OCR engine recognizes it accurately.

Drag & drop files here

PDF, DOCX, JPG, PNG, MP4, MP3, and 200+ formats

What is OCR?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) reads the pixels of a scanned page and turns them into real text. A scanned PDF is just a stack of pictures: you cannot search it, select text or copy a paragraph. After OCR, the document behaves like any digital file.

Which output should I pick?

Searchable PDF keeps your pages exactly as they look and adds an invisible text layer, ideal for archiving. Plain text gives you the raw content for further processing. Word produces an editable document when you need to rework the text.

Supported inputs

Scanned PDFs and common image formats: JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, WEBP and HEIC. Multi-page PDFs are processed page by page and returned as a single document.

Private by default

Files are encrypted in transit and deleted automatically after 24 hours. ConvertFly is operated by Dizzus GmbH, a Swiss company, and your documents are never shared with third parties.