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Scan to Text - Free Online OCR

Convert scanned documents to plain text using OCR. Extract text from TIFF, PDF, and image scans for easy editing and analysis.

Scan to Text

Upload a file to extract text

About OCR

Convert scanned documents to plain text with our powerful OCR engine. Ideal for digitizing printed materials, archival documents, and research papers into searchable text.

How It Works

1. Upload your scanned document. 2. Advanced image preprocessing enhances text regions. 3. Tesseract OCR extracts text with high accuracy. 4. Download clean, formatted plain text.

Language Support

Full Unicode support with 100+ language models. Specialized models for historical documents and Fraktur texts are available.

FAQs

What scan resolution is recommended?

300 DPI is the minimum for good OCR. 400-600 DPI is recommended for small text or dense documents.

Can I process multi-page TIFF files?

Yes, multi-page TIFF and PDF files are supported. Each page is processed sequentially.

Is the extracted text searchable?

Yes, the output plain text is fully searchable and can be indexed by search engines or document management systems.