OCR: Searchable PDF
Make scanned PDFs and photos searchable and copyable.
or drop them here · paste works too
PDF, PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF, BMP and more
Processed on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
How to use OCR: Searchable PDF
- 1Choose scanned PDFs or images, or drop them on the page.
- 2Adjust the options if you need to.
- 3Press “Make searchable”, then download the result.
About this tool
Reads the text in scanned pages with on-device OCR (English and Hindi) and adds it as an invisible layer over the original pages, which stay exactly as they were. The OCR engine (about 4 MB) and its language data (1.5 to 3 MB) load once from this site and are then cached by your browser.
Your files stay on this device. SpitePDF opens and processes them inside your browser. The counter in the top bar shows how many bytes this page has sent to any server: it should read 0 B. How this works
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Questions
Is SpitePDF really free?
Yes. Every tool is free with no page limits, no sign-up and no watermark.
Are my files uploaded?
No. Files are opened and processed by your own browser. They never reach a server. The only things that use the network are optional: AI answers (if this site enables them) send the question plus relevant passages of text, never the file; P2P Share and the whiteboard connect two browsers directly.
Does it work offline?
Once a tool's engine has loaded, most tools keep working without a connection. OCR downloads its language data on first use and caches it.
Is there a file size limit?
No limit is imposed. Very large files are limited only by your device's memory; on phones, split or compress huge files first.