Searchable PDF
Upload a scanned PDF or images and convert them into a searchable PDF. OCR extracts text and embeds it invisibly, making the document selectable and searchable. All processing happens in your browser.
Drop a PDF or scanned images here, or browse
Supports PDF, PNG, JPG, WebP, BMP
About Searchable PDF
Searchable PDF adds an invisible text layer to scanned image-based PDFs using OCR. The output PDF looks identical to the original but now has embedded searchable text — allowing Ctrl+F search, text copying, and screen reader accessibility.
This is the standard professional approach to making scanned documents searchable without replacing the original scan appearance. The visual quality of the scanned images is preserved while adding full text searchability.
Powered by Tesseract.js and pdf-lib, running entirely in your browser.
Features
- ✓Adds invisible OCR text layer to image PDFs
- ✓Preserves original scanned appearance
- ✓Enables Ctrl+F search and text selection
- ✓Improves screen reader accessibility
- ✓In-browser processing, no server upload
Common Use Cases
- →Making scanned legal documents searchable
- →Adding text layer to archived scanned records
- →Making old PDF scans accessible to screen readers
- →Creating searchable copies of important paper documents