Create Searchable PDF
Place an approximate invisible English OCR layer over one JPG or PNG scan, then download and verify search and copying.
Original scan appearance plus searchable OCR words
The image remains visible while an invisible text layer is positioned from OCR word boxes. Recognition and alignment are estimates, not a certified transcript.
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Up to 30 MB and 40 megapixels · English OCR · one image per PDF
Quick answer: Add one clear English JPG or PNG scan. Tesseract OCR creates an invisible approximate word layer behind the image. Search and copy can work, but OCR spelling and text positioning are not guaranteed—verify important content.
About This Tool
A scanned document is an image without selectable page text. This tool recognises English words and adds invisible Helvetica text using OCR bounding boxes. It can improve search and copying, but fonts, line structure, reading order, spelling and exact selection alignment may differ from the scan.
How to Use
- Select one clear English JPG or PNG scan.
- Wait while OCR reads and positions detected words.
- Review the word count, then download the PDF.
- Open it and verify search, selection, names and numbers against the scan.
Frequently Asked Questions
The PDF gets a hidden text layer, so you can search and select the words even though it looks like a scan.
This tool uses English OCR. For other languages, try our OCR tool.
Recognition runs in client-side code. The page downloads Tesseract code and English language data from third-party CDNs and can also load normal site assets and analytics.
The browser must download and initialise the OCR engine and English language data. Time varies with network speed, image size and device performance.