Free OCR Converter Online

Extract editable text from images and scanned PDFs, or turn scanned PDFs into searchable PDF files. Convertr combines image to text OCR and PDF OCR in one free OCR hub.

OCR converter Free OCR Image to text OCR Konverter

Choose your OCR result

Image to text OCR

Upload JPG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, BMP, or PDF files and extract plain editable text that you can copy or download as TXT.

JPG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, BMP PDF to TXT Tesseract OCR
Extract text from an image

Scanned PDF to searchable PDF

Keep the original PDF pages and add a hidden OCR text layer so scanned documents become searchable and selectable.

PDF OCR Searchable PDF OCRmyPDF and Tesseract
Make a PDF searchable

Free OCR converter

Convert scanned documents, screenshots, photos, and image-only PDFs into text without creating an account.

Image to text

Extract text from photos of receipts, notes, forms, signs, product labels, and printed pages.

OCR Konverter

Use the same OCR workflow for German search intent, including OCR Konverter, OCR umwandeln, and scanned PDF text extraction.

How free OCR conversion works

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Choose the OCR flow that matches your file: image to text or scanned PDF to searchable PDF.

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Upload your image or PDF and select the text language for better recognition.

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Convertr runs OCR with open-source Tesseract-based processing.

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Copy the extracted text, download TXT, or download a searchable PDF with an OCR text layer.

Image OCR and PDF OCR are different jobs

Use image to text OCR when you need editable text from a screenshot, photo, scan, or image-based PDF. The result is plain text that is easy to copy, paste, search, and save as TXT.

Use scanned PDF to searchable PDF when you need the file to remain a PDF. The output keeps the original page look and adds a hidden text layer for search and text selection.

This page targets generic OCR intent, while the narrower tools remain focused on their exact output formats. That keeps OCR converter, image to text, and searchable PDF workflows easy to choose.

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Free OCR converter FAQ

Is this OCR converter free?

Yes. Convertr offers free OCR conversion with no signup, no watermark, and no paid OCR API.

Can I convert images to text?

Yes. The image OCR tool extracts editable text from JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, TIF, BMP, WebP, and PDF uploads.

Can I OCR a scanned PDF?

Yes. Use the searchable PDF tool when you want the result to stay as a PDF with selectable and searchable text. Use the OCR text tool when you want plain TXT output.

Which OCR engine does Convertr use?

Convertr uses Tesseract-based OCR for text recognition. Searchable PDFs are created with OCRmyPDF and Tesseract.

How do I get better OCR accuracy?

Use a sharp, high-resolution file, keep text upright, avoid heavy shadows, and select the OCR language that matches most of the document text.

Are uploaded OCR files private?

Files are processed for the requested OCR result and are cleaned up after processing. Convertr does not need document text for analytics.