Follow these steps to use OCR text recognition and easily convert your scanned documents into editable, digitised text:
The Adobe Acrobat online OCR tool ensures high-quality scanning of your documents for text recognition, creating easily searchable PDFs. You can also copy and highlight the recognised text.
Transform your static PDFs into dynamic, searchable documents with OCR software. Swiftly locate key information with just a word or phrase search.
OCR also lets you enhance the accessibility of your PDF files by making document content readable by screen readers thanks to the recognised text.
You can use Adobe Acrobat online tools in any browser, such as Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome, without needing to install additional software for the Acrobat online OCR reader.
Adobe builds robust security measures into every PDF created with Acrobat. In addition, Acrobat uses enhanced encryption to keep your data secure when working with files online.
Adobe invented the PDF file format, so you can trust our OCR technology and the high quality of our PDF tools to deliver accurate information.
The Acrobat OCR online tool lets you recognize text in a PDF document for free. To make text editable, searchable, and selectable in other documents, including image file formats like PNG, JPG, and TIFF files, you can start a seven-day free trial of Adobe Acrobat Pro.
With Acrobat Pro, you can also edit recognized text in documents on your Microsoft Windows, Mac, or Linux. By using OCR technology to create editable text, you can reuse existing content instead of starting from scratch, saving time and money.
In addition, the Acrobat Pro free trial gives you access to advanced PDF features to keep your business workflows moving. Edit PDF text and images, collect e-signatures, create fillable forms, and convert to and from PDF, including converting text files (TXT) and Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word docs.
