OCRRouterGet API key

Convert scanned PDF to text

Turn a scanned PDF, where every page is an image, into real text you can edit and search.

Result

Your Markdown or JSON shows up here.

3 free pages a day, no sign-up.

How it works

  1. 1Upload the scanned PDF
  2. 2Each page image is read with OCR
  3. 3Copy the text

Why use this Scanned PDF to text converter

Handles scanner flaws

Skewed pages, dark edges, punch holes and slight shadows near the spine are tolerated.

Stamps and signatures do not break it

Text around stamps and handwritten signatures is still read; the marks themselves are skipped or noted.

Page markers kept

The output marks where each page starts, so you can cite page numbers.

What people use it for

Models that do this well

The free tool picks one for you. With the API you choose, and can set fallbacks so a failed page is retried on the next model.

1Mistral OCRFast document OCR that returns clean Markdown with tables and embedded images.mistral/mistral-ocr6 credits / page2Amazon TextractAWS OCR with form key-value pairs, tables and per-word confidence scores.aws/textract6 credits / page3Azure Document IntelligenceAzure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.azure/document-intelligence15 credits / page4PaddleOCR-VLOpen-source document model from Baidu. Excellent on Chinese, Japanese and Korean.paddle/paddleocr-vl2 credits / page

Do it with the API

Converting more than a few files? The same conversion is one request. Pick any model, or let auto choose.

Get API key

curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "auto",
    "file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
    "format": "markdown"
  }'

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