How to OCR PDF on iOS with UPDF?

Trying to work with scanned PDFs on your iPhone can be a real pain, as the text is usually stuck inside the images. UPDF for iOS offers a powerful OCR PDF feature that helps users extract or copy text and images from scanned documents. It even lets you create an editable and searchable PDF with preserved original layout.

UPDF for iOS can extract text from images or scanned PDFs. It supports multiple languages and their variants to perform accurate OCR. In short, it makes handling scanned documents on your iPhone easier and far more flexible.

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How to OCR PDF on iPhone?

UPDF for iOS offers a fast and click-based approach to perform OCR on scanned documents. Follow the steps below to OCR PDF on iPhone:

Step 1. Open the UPDF app on your iPhone. Click the "+" icon from the bottom right corner and tap "Files" to select the scanned PDF.

Step 2. Click "OCR" from "Quick Tools" or tap "Tools > OCR".

Step 3. Select the scanned PDF file.

Step 4. Under "OCR Recognition Type", choose one of the following options:

• Editable PDF: Turns scans into fully editable PDFs where both text and images can be selected, modified, and moved with preserved original layout. You can even replace images while keeping the page layout intact.
• Text and Pictures Only: Extracts just the words and images from the scan without preserving the page formatting. It is useful when you want a simple file to copy or edit text/images.
• Searchable PDF Only: Keeps the images in the scanned pages as it is, but adds an invisible text layer. It makes the file searchable without allowing text edits.

Step 5. Click "Select PDF Language" and choose the document language. Select multiple languages if the document contains text in more than one language.

Step 6. Configure the "Export to" location to specify where you want to save the OCRed PDF and hit the "Done" button to begin OCR.

Step 7. Wait for the OCR to finish. Once the OCR is completed, go to the "Files" tab and open the newly-generated OCRed PDF. Copy the text or use UPDF's edit feature to edit text and images.

That's how you can quickly perform OCR on scanned PDFs with UPDF and get full control over your documents. Install UPDF 2.0 now on your iPhone and experience smarter PDF editing on your iPhone. You can click the button below to download or get it on App Store.