How accurate is text recognition?

With clear printed documents: 95-99% accuracy. Low quality or handwritten docs: 70-85%. Results heavily depend on scan quality and font clarity.

Does it support Arabic text?

Yes, we fully support Arabic including diacritics and dots. Accuracy with common printed Arabic fonts (like Arabic Typesetting) is excellent.

What is the difference between a regular PDF and a scanned PDF?

Regular PDF contains digital searchable/copyable text. Scanned PDF is images of pages — cannot search or copy without OCR.

How long does OCR take for a 100-page file?

Depends on page complexity: simple text pages 2-5 minutes, pages with tables and graphics 5-10 minutes. Larger files take proportionally longer.

Can I edit text after OCR?

OCR text is a layer over the image — searchable and copyable but not directly editable in PDF. To edit, convert to Word after OCR.

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Extract text from scanned PDFs and images using OCR online free. Supports Arabic and English. Make any scanned document searchable and copyable.

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What is this tool?

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts scanned documents and images into searchable, copyable text. Without OCR, photographed documents are just images where you cannot search or copy text. This tool solves that problem.

The tool supports over 100 languages including Arabic and English. It uses the advanced Tesseract engine with machine learning algorithms for high text recognition accuracy, even with low-quality documents or handwritten fonts.

📊 Real Test: OCR on Scanned Invoice

We applied OCR to 3 scanned invoices (Arabic + English) at 200 DPI quality.

Recognition Accuracy (English)98.7%

Recognition Accuracy (Arabic)95.3%

Number Accuracy99.1%

Processing Time/Page2.8 seconds

Result✅ Searchable and copyable text

How to Use

1Upload the scanned PDF file
2Select document language (Arabic, English, or multilingual)
3Click "Run OCR" button
4Wait for processing (may take minutes depending on size)
5Download the file with searchable text

Key Features

Support over 100 languages

Arabic and English text recognition

Convert images to searchable text

High recognition accuracy

Preserve original formatting

Process multi-page files

Tips & Best Practices

💡For best results: ensure scan at 300 DPI minimum.
💡Printed docs with clear fonts achieve 95%+ accuracy. Handwriting is less accurate.
💡If document is bilingual (Arabic and English), choose multilingual mode.
💡Skewed or tilted documents may affect accuracy — use a flatbed scanner instead of camera.
💡After OCR, verify extracted text — may need minor corrections for similar characters (like 0 and O).

Frequently Asked Questions

What's Next?

→Scan documents first with Scan to PDF.
→After OCR, convert to editable Word with PDF to Word.
→Edit the recognized text with Edit PDF.

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