Free tool

PDF to text, scanned pages too.

Open a PDF and get all its text in one place, page by page, to copy or save as a .txt file. Pages that are scans or photos are read with OCR (optical character recognition) in your browser, in 16 languages. No sign-up, and the file never leaves your computer.

Drop a PDF here or click to choose It opens in this tab and is never uploaded.

The PDF is changed in your browser. It is never uploaded.

How it works

Three steps, nothing to install.

01 / Open

Choose the PDF

Text pages are read at once; scans go through OCR.

02 / Check

Read it here

All the text in one box, page by page.

03 / Save

Copy or download

Copy it, or save a .txt file to open anywhere.

Questions

Good to know.

Is my PDF uploaded?

No. Text is read and OCR runs in this browser tab.

Why does some text come out in the wrong order?

A PDF stores text as placed pieces, not paragraphs. Columns and tables can come out line by line across the page. For a document you want to keep editing, PDF to Word rebuilds paragraphs and columns.

How good is the OCR?

Clear, straight scans at normal print sizes read well. Handwriting, very small print and photos taken at an angle read poorly; straighten photos first with the document scanner.

Which languages does OCR read?

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Indonesian, simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean.