PDF Text Extractor
Pull every word out of a PDF in reading order. Scanned pages are read with OCR automatically.
Free · No sign-up · No upload · OCR for scanned pages
What Does a PDF Text Extractor Do?
A PDF text extractor copies every word out of a PDF into plain text you can edit, search or paste anywhere. PDFdukan reads typed text in true reading order and runs OCR on scanned pages automatically, all inside your browser.
Two-column papers come out column by column, not mixed line by line, and Urdu or Arabic keeps its right-to-left order with real letters.
How Do I Use the PDF Text Extractor?
- Add the PDF. Tap Choose PDF; the text appears in seconds.
- Set the options. Tick Join lines into paragraphs or pick a Page range.
- Check scanned pages. Choose the OCR language if the scan isn't English.
- Save it. Tap Copy text, Download .txt or Download Word (.docx).
What Makes the Extracted Text Usable?
Columns in order
Newsletters and research papers read down the left column, then the right.
Scans read with OCR
Pages without a text layer go through OCR in 13 languages.
Clean paragraphs
Join lines into paragraphs removes mid-sentence breaks and rejoins hyphenated words.
Locked files open
Type the PDF's password and the text comes out as normal.
Which Files and Limits Apply?
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Input | One PDF, up to 200 MB |
| Output | Copy, UTF-8 .txt or Word .docx |
| OCR languages | English, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi and 9 more |
| Cost | Free, no sign-up, no page cap |
Who Extracts Text from PDFs?
- Students quoting a journal article without retyping it
- Office staff moving invoice details into a spreadsheet
- Writers pulling a scanned letter into Word to edit
- Researchers feeding long reports into translation tools
How Do You Get the Cleanest Text?
Use a page range when you only need one section; it's faster on long reports. For scans, pick the right OCR language before you start, because English OCR can't read Urdu letters. Keep Page markers on when you need to cite page numbers.
Is My PDF Uploaded?
No. PDFdukan reads text with Mozilla's pdf.js and scans with Tesseract.js, both inside your tab. Only the OCR engine and language data download once; your file never leaves the device.
What Doesn't This Extractor Do?
Tables come out as spaced lines, not cells. Handwriting and blurry phone photos give weak OCR. To keep layout and pictures, use PDF to Word.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. It's free with no account, no watermark and no limit on pages.
Yes. Pages without a text layer are read with OCR automatically.
Plain copying mixes columns line by line. This extractor reads each column in turn.
Yes. Typed Urdu and Arabic keep right-to-left order, and scans can use Urdu or Arabic OCR.
Yes. Tap Download Word (.docx) to get one paragraph per line and a page break per page.
No. It copies text only. Use PDF to JPG for pictures.