OCR: Convert Scanned PDFs and Images to Editable Word Documents

You have a scanned document — a receipt, a contract, an old report — and you need the text in an editable format. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is the technology that reads the text from an image or scanned PDF. Our browser-based tool extracts that text and delivers it as an editable Word DOCX file. No upload needed.

What Is OCR and How Does It Work?

OCR software analyzes the shapes and patterns in an image to recognize printed characters. Our tool uses Tesseract.js— a WebAssembly port of Google's Tesseract OCR engine, one of the most accurate open-source OCR systems available, compiled to run entirely in your browser.

How to Convert Scanned PDF to Word

1. Open the OCR to DOCX tool.
2. Upload your scanned image (JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF) or scanned PDF.
3. Select the document language (English, German, French, Hindi, and 8+ more).
4. Click "Run OCR & Generate DOCX" — progress is shown in real time.
5. Preview the extracted text, then download the .docx file.

Tips for Better OCR Accuracy

• Use high-resolution scans: 300 DPI or higher gives dramatically better results than 72 DPI phone photos
• Good contrast: Dark text on a light background is ideal — avoid shadows and glare
• Correct language: Selecting the right language improves accuracy significantly
• Flat pages: Curved pages from book scans reduce accuracy; straighten them if possible

What OCR Cannot Do

OCR extracts text — it cannot preserve complex formatting, tables with precise column alignment, or images embedded in the document. For structured tables, you may need to re-format in Word after extraction. Handwriting is partially supported, but printed text gives far better results.

Privacy: No Upload

The entire OCR process happens in your browser. Tesseract language data (~10 MB per language) is fetched once from a public CDN and cached. Your document text never leaves your device.