OfficeBoy by PaperBoy

Read the text in a scan or photo (OCR)

Open a scanned PDF, a JPG or a PNG. The text is read on your own device and shown page by page. Copy it, download it as a text file, or open it in the document editor to keep working on it.

How well it reads depends on the picture: sharp, straight, well lit pages read best. Handwriting is mostly not recognised.

Questions people ask

Which languages can it read?

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, English and Arabic, and more than a hundred other languages you can pick from the list.

Are my scans uploaded?

No. The reading runs inside your browser, so the pictures never leave your device.

Is there a page limit?

No. Long scans simply take longer, because the work is done by your own device.

Does the PDF become searchable?

Yes. After reading, the words can be found and selected in the PDF, and the copy you download keeps them.