Image PDFs (phone-camera scans, screenshots saved as PDF, exported faxes, photographed exam papers) contain no real text - they're just pictures. Run OCR through our converter and the output Word file has actual, editable text instead of a wall of images.
When to use this
Common sources: phone-camera document captures, WhatsApp-received PDF photos, screenshots of articles, scanned bank statements, photographed pages from books and notebooks. Tesseract OCR runs locally - your private documents never leave your device.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's an 'image PDF'?
A PDF where every page is a picture (scan, photo, or screenshot) instead of real text. You can tell because copy-paste doesn't work and search returns nothing. These need OCR to become editable.
How long does OCR take?
About 10-30 seconds per page on a modern laptop, slower on phones. The first OCR run downloads the language model (~10 MB) which is then cached for instant subsequent runs.
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