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PDF Assistance: Convert non-selectable PDFs into fully searchable and selectable documents with guided, high-accuracy OCR.
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PDF Assistance: Our OCR PDF tool guides you through text extraction. PDFay delivers precise recognition, supports multiple languages, and generates high-quality OCR-processed PDFs. Try it now!
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Precise text recognition with a simple, guided interface.
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Supports many languages and is completely free, with helpful prompts to guide you.
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Works on Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS — with consistent PDF assistance across devices.
PDF Assistance: The guided online tool for OCR conversion of PDF files
PDF Assistance: Our OCR converter helps you quickly turn scanned or image-based PDFs into searchable documents. Copying, selecting, and locating text becomes effortless with guided steps and contextual help.
PDF Assistance: Turn static image-based PDFs into searchable text PDFs
PDF Assistance: Some PDFs contain only images of text, making search or processing difficult. Our OCR tool guides you to extract that text so you can search, select, and reuse information with ease.
Improve text clarity with OCR
PDF Assistance: Start by uploading your PDF or dragging and dropping it to begin. If a scan is old or low quality, our guided OCR workflow walks you through automatic enhancement - recognizing blurry characters and delivering cleaner, more readable text.
Searchable + Processable = More Accessible
PDF Assistance: Turn PDFs into accessible content with OCR. We guide you to enable accessibility features for screen readers, improving usability for visually impaired users and strengthening overall document accessibility.
OCR on any device
PDF Assistance: Because the process runs in the cloud, you can perform OCR on any device - desktop, tablet, or mobile - using a modern browser, with contextual help available as you go.
Convert scanned images into editable text
PDF Assistance: Scanned PDFs often prevent copying or text selection. Our tool converts them into editable, selectable text in seconds, with guided steps to preserve formatting. Best of all, it's completely free.
Translate scanned documents effortlessly
PDF Assistance: After OCR converts content to text, you can translate it into multiple languages. Read and share the document in your preferred language with contextual help along the way.
Export as a guided, searchable PDF or Word document
PDF Assistance: Our OCR produces machine-readable text, so you can save the output as a searchable PDF or convert it directly into an editable Word file, with step-by-step guidance along the way.
You'll love PDF Assistance from the very first use
PDF Assistance: No installation or account is required. Enjoy fast, accurate, and free OCR to turn any PDF into selectable and copyable text, with guided prompts to help you through every step.
Full compliance with data protection standards
PDF Assistance ensures GDPR-aligned handling and guided, privacy-first OCR workflows. Your files are processed securely and permanently deleted within one hour, reducing uncertainty and giving you clear, step-by-step support at every stage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. This OCR PDF tool is free to use online. You can convert scanned PDFs into searchable and selectable text without registration or software installation. To begin, upload your document and follow the on-screen steps to review and export the recognized text.
As part of PDF Assistance, our OCR tool supports multiple languages and guides you step by step to extract text from scanned documents, images, and photos embedded in PDFs, with contextual help to reduce uncertainty in your workflow.
Yes. In the PDF Assistance guided workflow, all files are processed over HTTPS, and uploaded PDFs and OCR results are automatically deleted from our servers after a short period to protect privacy and security.
Guided steps for the free OCR PDF feature
A guided, step-by-step PDF OCR workflow, available at no cost with our tool:
- Begin by dragging and dropping your PDF, or choose the \"Select PDF file\" button to start.
- Confirm the document language to maximize OCR accuracy, with contextual prompts if you’re unsure.
- Click \"Apply OCR\" to begin processing, and wait a moment as the tool assists you with guided feedback.
- Your PDF is now searchable and copyable—ready for review, extraction, or reuse with confidence.
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Damaged/Corrupted File
We can’t process corrupted or damaged files. To verify, open the file in any PDF reader. If it won’t open, the file may be damaged. Restore a clean copy and retry the PDF workflow using the guided steps.
