PDF to text
Pull the text out of a PDF so you can copy, edit, or search it. Works on PDFs that already contain text.
To get the text from a PDF, upload the file here. We read out its text so you can copy it or save it as a .txt file. No sign-up needed to try it.
How to use it
Upload your PDF and we read out its text. Copy it from the screen, or download it as a .txt file.
When it helps
Copying from a PDF is often awkward or blocked. Extracting the text gives you a clean copy to reuse in a document, an email, or a search.
Common questions
Does this work on scanned PDFs?
Not yet. A scanned page is an image with no text layer, so there is nothing to copy out. An image-to-text (OCR) tool is on the way.
What do I get back?
The text shown on screen to copy, plus a .txt download. A very long document comes back as a .txt file to download.
Is my file kept private?
We use it only to read out your text. The result is removed after a while, and it isn't shared with anyone else.
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