PDF to Text
Unlock text from scanned and image-based PDFs.
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Supports: JPG, PNG, WEBP, PDF · Max size 20 MB
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Output format
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A scanned PDF looks like a document but behaves like a picture - you can't search it, copy from it or edit it. FlowOCR's PDF to text tool runs OCR across every page and turns it into selectable, searchable text.
It handles multi-page files, mixed image-and-text PDFs, and keeps headings and paragraphs in order so your document stays readable.
Features
- ✓Multi-page batch processing
- ✓Searchable PDF output
- ✓Retains headings and paragraphs
- ✓Handles mixed image + text PDFs
Common use cases
- →Make scanned contracts searchable
- →Extract text from research papers
- →Convert e-books and manuals
Frequently asked questions
- Can I make a scanned PDF searchable?
- Yes. FlowOCR reads the scanned pages and outputs text you can search, copy and edit, then export as TXT, PDF or Word.
- Does it process every page?
- All pages are read in order, including PDFs that mix scanned images with digital text.
- Will formatting be preserved?
- Headings, paragraphs and reading order are retained so the extracted text mirrors the original structure.
Need this at scale?
Automate pdf to text across thousands of documents with the FlowOCR API.