🔎 Make a searchable PDF from an image
LensUp runs OCR on your pages and adds an invisible text layer to the exported PDF, so you can search (Ctrl+F) and copy the text while the page still looks like the original scan. OCR runs in your browser (works best on Latin scripts for now).
Open the free tool →How to use
- Add your photos or scans.
- Tick “OCR searchable PDF”.
- Export — the PDF looks the same but its text is searchable and selectable.
FAQ
How do I make a scanned PDF searchable?
Add the pages, enable the OCR option, and export; an invisible text layer is added so the PDF is searchable and copyable.
Which languages work?
Latin-script languages (English, Indonesian, etc.) work now; the first run downloads a language pack.
Is the OCR done on a server?
No — recognition runs in your browser; your images are not uploaded.
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