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Extracts all readable text. Use OCR toggle for scanned PDFs.
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Uses Tesseract.js — may take 30–120s. Accuracy depends on scan quality.
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How Text Extraction Works
Frequently Asked Questions
How does text extraction work? ▾
PDF.js reads embedded text from your PDF in the browser. For scanned PDFs, Tesseract.js OCR renders each page and recognises characters.
My PDF has no text — what now? ▾
Enable the OCR toggle before extracting. This renders each page as an image and runs text recognition.
Are files uploaded? ▾
Never. All processing happens 100% inside your browser.
Is there a size limit? ▾
No server limit. Most PDFs under 200 MB work fine.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I extract text from a scanned PDF? ▼
Yes — enable OCR mode and Tesseract.js will recognize text from scanned image-based PDFs. It supports 100+ languages.
Is the PDF to text tool completely free? ▼
Yes, completely free with no hidden costs, no watermarks, and no file limits for typical documents.
Will the extracted text preserve paragraphs and order? ▼
Text is extracted in reading order, maintaining paragraph breaks. Complex multi-column layouts are linearized left-to-right.
Is my PDF content private? ▼
Your file is processed locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded to any server. ConvertPDF.Live never sees your document content.
Can I extract text from a specific page only? ▼
Currently all pages are extracted. You can then copy just the section you need from the output text area.
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