PDF to TXT (OCR) Converter

Convert PDF to TXT (OCR) online. We read the text inside your PDF, so what you download can be searched and copied from — not just looked at.

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What is PDF ?

PDF, or Portable Document Format, is a file format developed by Adobe that captures document text, fonts, images, and vector graphics. It is widely used for sharing and viewing documents consistently across different platforms and devices.

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What is TXT (OCR) ?

TXT (OCR) is not a format of its own. What you download is an ordinary .txt file that opens in any editor. OCR names the step that produced it: the letters in your image are recognised and written out as plain text — the words and their order, with no fonts, colours, images or layout kept.

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How to Convert PDF to TXT (OCR) in Just a Few Steps

  1. Upload your PDF file
    Drag and drop your PDF file, click 'Select Files' to upload from your device, or import directly from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or paste a URL.
  2. Choose TXT (OCR) as output format
    The converter is preset to TXT (OCR), but you can select any other output format before converting.
  3. Adjust settings (optional)
    If you like, tweak output options such as resolution, quality, or compression before converting.
  4. Convert the file
    Click the 'Convert' button. The conversion takes only a few seconds.
  5. Download your converted file
    Download the converted file to your device, or save it directly to Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.

Why Convert PDF to TXT (OCR) file?

Scanned PDFs are essentially just images of text — there's no actual selectable or searchable text underneath unless the document has gone through OCR (optical character recognition). Converting PDF to TXT-OCR runs that recognition process, extracting the actual words from the scanned pages into a plain text file.

Accuracy depends heavily on the scan quality and how clean the original document was — sharp, well-lit scans of typed text produce the best results, while handwriting, low resolution, or skewed pages can introduce recognition errors worth double-checking.

Start converting PDF to TXT (OCR) now — it’s fast, safe, and completely online!

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