About PDF OCR

Recognise text in scanned or image-only PDF pages and add a searchable, selectable text layer while keeping the original page appearance. Choose the document language and process every page with OCR in your browser. Everything happens locally in your browser: nothing is uploaded, stored, or logged. This focused PDF OCR page is designed for people making scanned statements, receipts, books, forms, and archived records searchable and selectable. It opens directly to the working tool, rather than hiding the function inside a general converter or account dashboard.

The PDF is parsed in memory by browser-loaded document libraries. Pages, text objects, images, and metadata are handled locally before a new download is assembled. Your filename and file contents stay on the device. There is no upload queue, temporary cloud copy, account record, or server-side conversion job to delete later. That makes the tool practical for personal records, work material, and drafts that should not be handed to an unknown processing service.

The important limitation is straightforward: OCR accuracy depends on scan clarity, language, typeface, and page rotation. The output preserves each page as an image with a hidden text layer, so review recognised text before relying on it. Knowing that boundary helps you choose the right source file and check the result before relying on it. Processing speed and maximum size depend on your browser and available device memory, which is the honest trade-off for doing the work locally.

FileForge charges nothing for this tool and does not add a watermark. Once the page and its processing engine have loaded, the operation can continue without sending the file over the network. Use the numbered steps below, download the result, and review it before replacing an original file.