How to get the text out of a PDF

  1. Open one or more PDFs.
  2. Reorder or remove pages if you like.
  3. Press Export text to save a .txt file.

Questions

What about scanned PDFs?

Scans are pictures of text, so there is no text to copy yet. Text recognition (OCR) is coming soon.

Is my PDF uploaded?

No. The text is read in your browser.

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