Extract text from scanned PDFs with OCR online for free. Convert images in PDF to selectable text. Privacy-first. Just upload your file and click Convert/Process. Browser-based, private, no upload for most tools.

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Yes. Free to use, privacy-first. Files are processed locally in your browser where possible and auto-deleted if server is used.

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Free: up to 100 MB per file. Premium: larger files and batch processing.

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Export PDF pages as images

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Convert images to PDF

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PDF to Office

Export PDF to editable Office formats

Office to PDF

Convert Office documents to PDF

OpenOffice to PDF

Convert OpenOffice documents

Convert to PDF

Create PDF from various formats

iWork to PDF

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Organize

Manage PDF pages & structure

Edit

Edit & annotate PDFs

Fill & Sign

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Secure PDF files

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AI-powered PDF intelligence

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Scan to PDF

PDF Scanner

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Fix and compare PDFs

Image to PDF

Extended image conversions

Compress (India)

Target-size compression for portals

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Extract text from scanned PDFs with OCR online for free. Convert images in PDF to selectable text. Privacy-first.

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