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OCR PDF (make searchable)

Turn a scanned PDF into a searchable, selectable PDF with Tesseract OCR

Account required. This is a heavier tool — sign in (free) or use an API key.
Use via API

API · SAME JOB, YOUR MACHINE

# Requires an account or API key (premium tool)
curl -X POST https://api.open-tools.app/api/upload \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer otk_live_…" \
  -F "file=@scan.pdf" \
  -F "job_type=pdf-ocr"