About this OCR PDF tool
Scanned PDFs often have no selectable text. LovePDF.online runs private on-device OCR in your browser and downloads a searchable PDF — same page look, with an invisible text layer you can select, copy, and find.
Pages that already have a text layer are kept as-is. Image-only pages use Tesseract locally (slower on the first run while language data loads).
Features
- OCR to searchable PDF download
- Invisible selectable text layer
- Keeps page appearance
- Copy OCR text preview
- Optional .txt export
- Progress while pages are read
- No account or upload required
- Works on desktop and mobile browsers
Benefits
- Search and select text inside scanned PDFs
- Keep sensitive scans off cloud OCR APIs
- Share a normal PDF that others can search
- Pair with PDF to Word or Excel for structured exports
- Skip installing desktop OCR software for quick jobs
How it works
LovePDF renders each page and reads the PDF text layer when it is rich enough (those pages are copied unchanged). Otherwise Tesseract.js OCRs the page image, embeds the page visual, and places invisible text at word positions so the PDF becomes searchable.
Step-by-step guide
1.Upload a PDF
Add a scanned or image-heavy PDF.
2.Create searchable PDF
Click Create searchable PDF. Pages are OCR’d locally with progress feedback.
3.Download
Save the searchable PDF. Optionally copy text or download a .txt preview.
Why choose LovePDF.online
Unlike cloud OCR sites, LovePDF keeps scans on your device and gives you a real searchable PDF — not only a text dump.
Privacy and security
OCR runs entirely in your browser. LovePDF does not upload your PDF or store OCR output on a server.
100% Private · Files Never Leave Your Device
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Make your PDF searchable
Upload above and download a searchable PDF — free, local, and private.