Convert any PDF to plain text in seconds. Works on digital PDFs (instantly) and scanned PDFs (via OCR). No software to install, no signup.
Convert any PDF to editable text. Works on digital text PDFs and scanned image PDFs alike. Just upload and download.
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Pricing as of 2025. Subject to change.
No credit card, no trial, no surprise charges. PDFTash is free forever for basic use (up to 10MB). Pro plan at $2/month for larger files — that's it.
Scanned PDFs are automatically processed with OCR — no separate upload step. Powered by Tesseract and ocrmypdf for accuracy across 10+ languages.
Choose your output: plain text (.txt) for editing and translation, or searchable PDF that keeps the original layout with a text layer added for searching.
Visit pdftash.com/ocr-pdf and upload your PDF. If it is a digital PDF (created in software like Word or Google Docs), the text is extracted immediately. If it is a scanned PDF (a photographed or physically scanned document), select your document's language from the dropdown and click extract. The tool automatically applies OCR. Download your result as a TXT file or searchable PDF. The whole process takes 10-60 seconds depending on your file size and whether OCR is needed.
Yes, completely free for PDFs up to 10MB. No signup, no credit card, no watermarks on output, no page limits. Free users get full-quality text extraction and OCR. Pro users at $2/month unlock larger file sizes (up to 200MB), priority processing queue, and batch conversions. PDFTash does not offer "free trials" that expire — the free tier is permanent.
PDF to TXT extracts all text content from your PDF and saves it as a raw plain-text file (.txt). This is the best option if you want to edit the text, run it through translation software, import it into a spreadsheet, or use it in any other program. Searchable PDF keeps your original document looking exactly as scanned — same images, same layout — but adds an invisible text layer underneath. This lets you use Ctrl+F to search, and click-drag to copy text in any PDF reader. Choose searchable PDF when you need to archive the original document appearance while also making it digitally searchable.
Yes. PDFTash runs entirely in your web browser with no app or software to install. It works on all modern mobile browsers — Chrome and Safari on both iOS and Android. You can upload a PDF from your phone's storage or directly from Google Drive or iCloud. The interface is responsive and works on small screens. For large scanned PDFs, a stable WiFi connection is recommended due to upload size.
Currently PDFTash converts one PDF at a time. After downloading your result, you can immediately upload the next file — there are no daily limits on the number of conversions. If you need to convert many PDFs at once, Pro users have access to batch processing which allows uploading multiple files simultaneously. The Pro plan is $2/month.