PDF / Text
Extract text from a PDF
Copy the text layer, or OCR scanned pages in this browser. Download a .txt.
Last checked: September 2026. Confirm millimetres, pixels, and KB on the official form. Not a government website.
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Drop a PDF, or browse
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Drop
Drop the file. It stays in this browser tab.
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Preset applied
Set the cap or preset for this job.
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Download
Download from this device. Nothing is uploaded.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Empty output?Open
The PDF is probably a scan. Tick OCR — English, on this device.
Is my file uploaded?Open
No. Work runs in this browser tab. Close it and the file is gone.
Related systems
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01 / pdf
PDF to Word
Extracts the text layer into a .docx. Scanned pages can be OCRed on this device. This is not Adobe’s layout-perfect conversion.
02 / text
OCR / Image to Text
Read English print from a photo or scan with Tesseract in this tab. A public language model may download; the file does not leave the device.
03 / text
Word Counter
Words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and a 200-wpm reading time. Paste stays on this device.