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How to use Extract PDF text

Extract existing PDF text or recognize scanned pages with English and Arabic OCR. Select pages, review the text and download a text file locally.

  1. Open a PDF and select the pages to read.
  2. Choose existing text extraction or OCR for scanned pages, then select the OCR language.
  3. Review the extracted text and download the text file.
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A practical example

Try existing text extraction before OCR. For a receipt, compare the amount, date and reference number with the visible page. A document may store text in an order different from its layout, so inspect columns and line breaks before using the extracted text in a spreadsheet or report.

Why is the extracted result empty?

The page may be an image without a text layer. Select OCR for those pages; recognition results still need review.

Read the complete workflow: Turn a scanned Arabic PDF into a searchable document