Free Online PDF, OCR & AI Document Tools

This free online OCR tool reads a photo, scanned page, or PDF and returns clean, editable, copyable text in seconds. Upload a document and the OCR engine recognizes the characters on the page, no matter the language, and hands back text you can actually search, edit, or paste elsewhere, instead of a locked image you can only look at.

Convert scan to PDF that's actually searchable, not just a locked picture of text. This OCR to PDF tool uses optical character recognition to turn a scanned document, photograph, or image-only PDF into a fully searchable, selectable file, so you can Ctrl+F your way through it instead of squinting at a flat image. No software to install, no subscription required to get started, just upload, convert, and download.

PlainScan's OCR to Word converter is built to turn any scanned document or image into a genuinely usable Word file, not just a digital copy of a paper page. It reads text from scanned PDFs and photos (JPG, PNG, and more) using an OCR engine trained to preserve the original layout as closely as possible, including paragraph structure, spacing, and general formatting.

PlainScan's OCR to Text converter is a free tool built to pull readable, accurate text out of any image or scanned document, instantly. It reads content from photos, screenshots, and scans using an OCR engine designed to handle a wide range of fonts, scan qualities, and document types, then delivers the result as clean plain text you can use anywhere. Because the output skips formatting entirely, it drops straight into spreadsheets, code editors, databases, or any tool that just needs the raw words.

PlainScan's OCR to Excel converter is built to turn any scanned document or image containing a table into a genuinely usable spreadsheet, not just a digital copy of a paper page. It reads tabular data from scanned PDFs and photos using an OCR engine trained to detect table structure, including rows, columns, and cell boundaries. Detect Tables in Scanned PDFs and Images Our OCR technology identifies table structures within scanned documents, photos, and screenshots. It accurately captures rows and columns, preparing them for conversion into a structured spreadsheet format rather than a single unformatted block of text. Download as .xlsx, Ready for Excel or Google Sheets Once the table is extracted, download it as a standard Excel file. The file is fully compatible with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and other spreadsheet software, so you can start manipulating the data immediately after conversion.