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Extract Text From a Scanned PDF

OCR PDF to Text recognizes the text on scanned pages in the languages you choose and returns a plain .txt file. Pages that already contain text are copied as they are, and you can add a heading before each page.

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Accepteert PDF · tot 500.0 MB per bestand · maximaal 20 bestanden tegelijk

Je kunt een bestand ook plakken met Ctrl/Cmd+V of via het klembordmenu.

Talen van het document
Kies er maximaal 4. Minder talen worden sneller en nauwkeuriger gelezen.

OCR PDF to Text reads the pages of a PDF and returns a plain .txt file. Pages that have no usable text layer are rendered and recognized with Tesseract in the languages you pick; pages that already contain text are copied from the file, so a mixed document is not recognized twice.

Pick up to four languages that appear on the pages, choose whether each page gets a heading line such as --- Page 3 ---, and optionally restrict the run to a page range. Force OCR recognizes every selected page instead of trusting the existing text layer.

Limits are stated up front: up to 50 pages that need OCR per request on this site, counted after skipping pages that already have text, and files up to 500 MB. Layout is not preserved: columns and tables come out as running text, so use the table tool when the structure matters.

Functies

  • Plain .txt output; text layers are reused and scans are recognized
  • Up to four recognition languages at once
  • Optional heading before each page
  • Optional page range
  • No account or sign-in required

Wanneer je dit gebruikt

  • Pulling the words out of a scanned letter, report or ID document
  • Feeding scanned pages to a search index or an AI workflow as text
  • Copying a few paragraphs from a photographed page without retyping

How do I extract text from a scanned PDF?

  1. Upload the scanned PDF
  2. Choose the document languages
  3. Decide whether to add a heading before each page, and enter a page range if needed
  4. Click Process and download the .txt file

Beperkingen en randgevallen

  • At most 50 pages that need OCR per request on this site; self-hosted servers can change it
  • Columns, tables and reading order are not reconstructed
  • Accuracy depends on scan quality and on picking the right languages
  • Upload limit on this website: 500 MB per file, sent in chunks above about 95 MB. A single direct API request body is capped at 100 MB.

Veelgestelde vragen

Why does my text look jumbled?
OCR reads pages line by line. Multi-column layouts, tables and sidebars can interleave. Use a page range for single-column pages, or the table tool for tabular data.
Is text that is already in the PDF copied or recognized again?
Copied. In Normal mode a page with a usable text layer is taken as it is; only image-only pages are recognized.
Can I get Markdown instead?
Yes. OCR PDF with the Markdown result returns a .md file that keeps headings and lists where it can detect them.
What happens with a very long scan?
A request that needs more than the page limit is rejected with a clear message. Enter a page range and run the document in parts.

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Aanroepen vanuit code

Elke tool op deze site is een gewoon REST-eindpunt. Voor anoniem gebruik heb je geen account of API-sleutel nodig. Net zo goed voor AI-agenten en ontwikkelaars als voor de browser.

curl -X POST "https://pdf123.xyz/api/v1/misc/ocr-text" \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -F "languages=eng" \
  -F "ocrType=Normal" \
  -F "pageMarkers=false" \
  -F "pageNumbers=all" \
  -o output.pdf

Ook beschikbaar als MCP-tool voor clients die Model Context Protocol spreken (JSON-RPC 2.0 via POST /mcp). Volledige API-documentatie

Gebruik het vanuit een AI-agent

Skill

Met deze skill kunnen Claude Code, Codex, Cursor en andere AI-agents ‘OCR: PDF naar tekst’ voor je uitvoeren: /skills/pdf123-ocr-text.md

Alle agent-skills

Bestanden dienen alleen voor deze verwerking en worden daarna automatisch verwijderd.