Make PDF searchable
Scanned pages are just images to a computer — we recognize the text and add an invisible, selectable layer on top.
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Scanned pages will be run through on-device text recognition — this can take a moment
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›How it works
Text recognition (OCR) runs on-device using a WebAssembly engine, only for pages that don't already have real text. The page looks identical — the recognized text is invisible, just selectable and searchable. Accuracy depends on scan clarity; low-resolution or skewed scans recognize less well, and large documents take longer since each page is analyzed individually.
Frequently asked questions
- Will this change how my document looks?
- No — the added text is invisible. The page is visually unchanged; it just becomes selectable and searchable.
- What if my PDF is already searchable?
- We detect that automatically and skip pages that already have real text.
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