Extract Text (OCR)
Read and copy text from scanned pages.
Scanned pages are just pictures until you can read the words. rawPDF's built-in OCR recognises the text in a scan, makes the document searchable and lets you select and copy the content out - turning a photographed contract or receipt into text you can actually use.
- ✓On-device OCR with no internet required
- ✓Makes scans searchable by their contents
- ✓Select and copy text out of any scan
- ✓Nothing sent to a cloud OCR service
Cloud OCR means sending your document to someone else's AI to be read. rawPDF runs optical character recognition on your device, so the words in your private paperwork are recognised locally. No network calls, no server logs - the text stays yours.
How to extract text (ocr) with rawPDF
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Open a scanned PDF and choose Extract Text.
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rawPDF recognises the text on each page on device.
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Select and copy any passage you need.
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Save the now-searchable PDF back to your library.
Extract Text (OCR) - questions
Does OCR work offline?
Yes. Text recognition runs entirely on your device, so it works with no signal and makes no network calls.
Can I copy the recognised text?
Yes. Once a page is processed you can select and copy the text like any other document.
Does OCR make my scans searchable?
It does. After OCR, documents become searchable by their contents inside your rawPDF library.