Steps
- Choose scans or imagesOpen OCR text and choose a scanned PDF or JPG, PNG images. You can choose several files and reorder them.
- Choose the output type“Searchable PDF” keeps the pages as they look and adds a text layer you can search (Ctrl+F) and copy. “Text (.txt)” takes only the text.
- Press “Recognize text”The first time, the tool downloads the Vietnamese text recognition model (about 1.4 MB) from this site itself. After that, each page takes a few seconds.
- Download or copyThe downloaded PDF is named “<file name> - OCR.pdf”. The text version appears in the “Text content” box; press “Copy” to paste it elsewhere.
Tips
- Straight, sharp photos with reasonably large text give the best results.
- Pages that already have a text layer are skipped, not read again.
- Need text from just one photo: use Image → Text, it's faster.
Good to know
- Only Vietnamese is recognized for now.
- OCR can misread text, especially blurry photos or handwriting. Check the result before using it.
- The first time, you need a connection to download the recognition model.