PDF4me runs OCR on your PDF right in the browser, so the words trapped inside a scan or a photo become real, searchable text. Drop in a scanned document and get back a PDF whose text you can select, copy, and find with a quick search.
There is no software to install and no account needed to start. Because everything happens online, you can turn scanned pages into a searchable PDF from a laptop, a tablet, or your phone.
Your documents stay your own. Files are uploaded over an encrypted HTTPS connection, processed on protected servers, and removed automatically once your OCR is finished.
We do not sell your data or share your files, so you can process scanned contracts, invoices, and personal records with confidence.
Good OCR should read your document the way you do. PDF4me recognises printed text across paragraphs, columns, and tables, then places it behind the original image so your pages still look exactly the same.
The result is a clean, searchable PDF that is ready to read, share, or archive, whether you started with a single receipt or a long scanned report.
Once OCR is done, your scanned PDF behaves like a document you typed yourself. You can highlight a paragraph, copy a phone number, or press find to jump straight to a keyword.
That makes long scanned files far easier to reuse, quote, and organise, without retyping a single line by hand.
Documents come in every language, so PDF4me OCR is built to read many of them. It recognises text written in the Latin alphabet as well as a range of other scripts, which means you can make international paperwork searchable too.
Choosing the language of your document before you start helps PDF4me read accented letters and special characters correctly.
If you process scanned files regularly, you can skip the manual steps. The PDF4me API and ready made connectors for Zapier, Power Automate, and Make let you run OCR on incoming documents automatically inside the tools you already use.
It is a dependable way for teams and developers to make large batches of scans searchable at scale. For higher limits and priority processing, see the Pricing page.
OCR is only the start. Once your text is recognised, PDF4me lets you keep working on the same document without switching tools.
Popular next steps include turning your file into an editable document with PDF to Word or PDF to Excel, and pulling out content with Extract Text and Images.
Yes. You can run OCR on your PDFs for free, with no installation and no account required to get started. For higher usage limits, larger files, and faster processing, PDF4me also offers affordable subscription plans.
OCR, or optical character recognition, detects the letters and words inside a scan or image and turns them into real text. After OCR, your PDF is searchable and its text can be selected and copied like any typed document.
Yes. PDF4me runs in your web browser, so it works on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers as well as iOS and Android phones and tablets. There is nothing to download or install.
PDF4me OCR can recognise text in many languages, including those written in the Latin alphabet and a range of other scripts. Choosing your document language before you start helps it read accented and special characters accurately.
Your files are uploaded over a secure, encrypted connection and processed on protected servers. They are removed automatically after your OCR is complete, and they are never shared or sold.
Upload your scanned file to the tool above, start the OCR process, and download the result. Your new PDF is searchable in seconds, so you can select, copy, and find the text inside it.