Does OCR PDF upload my PDF?
No. PDFDock processes ocr pdf in your browser. Your document bytes remain on your device and are not sent to PDFDock for processing.
OCR PDF requires a private workspace
Create a Free account to use ocr pdf securely on your own device. You receive 10 local tasks each month.
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How to use OCR PDF
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Create a Free PDFDock workspace, then open OCR PDF.
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Choose the local file and the options that match your task.
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Run ocr pdf in your browser, then download the result or continue working privately.
OCR PDF without uploading your files
Use ocr pdf when you are making scanned document information usable and need text you can search, copy, or work with.
Read scanned or image-only PDF pages with browser-based optical character recognition. The processing happens on the device you are using, not in a PDFDock document-processing server.
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Before you begin
Do I need to install software to use OCR PDF?
No. OCR PDF works in a modern browser. Create a Free workspace to access local processing and receive 10 Free tasks each month.
Can I continue editing the result?
Yes. After a task is complete, choose Continue working to carry the local result into a compatible PDFDock tool without downloading and re-uploading it first.