Extract Text from Scanned PDF

The powerful built-in OCR feature in PDFgear lets you extract text from scanned PDFs and reuse it anywhere you need.

• Open your scanned PDF file in PDFgear on your Mac.
• Go to the Home tab and click OCR.
• From the dropdown, choose one of these options:

Current File OCR: Run OCR on the PDF you already opened.

Local File OCR: Pick another PDF from your computer.

Screenshot OCR: Select an area on your screen to recognize text.

• PDFgear will auto-detect the language. If needed, pick the right language from the dropdown for better accuracy.
• The left panel shows the original scanned PDF, and the right panel shows the recognized text. Scroll through to review the results.

• Click Export to save the text as a file, or click Copy Texts to copy everything to the clipboard and paste it into Word, Notepad, or another app.