Question 1

What is OCR and how does it work on scanned PDFs?

Accepted Answer

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) converts images of text — such as scanned documents, photographs of pages, or image-only PDFs — into machine-readable, selectable text. This tool analyses each page of your uploaded PDF or image, identifies characters, and extracts them as text you can copy, search, or download.

Question 2

What types of documents can I use this OCR scanner on?

Accepted Answer

This OCR scanner works on scanned PDFs, image-only PDFs, JPG and PNG photographs of documents, and mobile camera photos of text. Common use cases include income tax notices downloaded from the IT portal (which are often image-based), scanned bank statements, photocopied agreements, court orders, and any document where you cannot select or copy text.

Question 3

Does this OCR tool support Hindi and other Indian languages?

Accepted Answer

The OCR engine is optimised for English text, which covers most official government and financial documents in India. Recognition quality depends on document clarity — clear, high-resolution scans produce the best results. Documents with very small fonts, handwriting, or poor scan quality may have lower accuracy.

Question 4

Is my scanned document uploaded to any server?

Accepted Answer

No. The OCR processing runs entirely in your browser using client-side technology. Your document is never sent to RLVC's servers or any third-party service. This makes it safe to use on sensitive documents like income tax notices, bank statements, and legal papers.

Question 5

What can I do with the extracted text?

Accepted Answer

Once extracted, you can: copy the text directly to your clipboard, download it as a plain TXT file, or create a searchable PDF where the invisible text layer is embedded on top of the original scanned pages — allowing you to Ctrl+F search within the document. The searchable PDF is particularly useful for archiving official documents.

PDF OCR Scanner