Do my files leave my device?

No. Text is read in your browser. The OCR engine and language data are downloaded once, then your files are processed and stay on your device.

Which languages work?

More than 40, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi and Russian. Each language downloads the first time you use it.

It's made for printed and on-screen text. Neat handwriting sometimes works, but results vary.

Get the text out of any PDF. Real text is copied exactly; scanned pages are read with OCR.

Drop a PDF hereor paste with ⌘V. Your files stay on your device.

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1Drop a PDF.
2Pages with a text layer are copied as they are; scanned pages are read with OCR.
3Copy the text or download it, page by page or as one file.

Do my files leave my device?: No. Text is read in your browser. The OCR engine and language data are downloaded once, then your files are processed and stay on your device.
Which languages work?: More than 40, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi and Russian. Each language downloads the first time you use it.
Does it read handwriting?: It's made for printed and on-screen text. Neat handwriting sometimes works, but results vary.

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