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Extract Text from PDF Locally

Extract selectable text from PDF pages locally. This is not OCR, so scanned image-only PDFs may need a future OCR feature.

how it works

Designed for the shortest private path.

PDFChoose PDF or image filesPDFs are read locally with `pdf-lib`. No document leaves your browser.

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selected operation

Export the existing PDF text layer as a local TXT file.

Render pipeline guardedpdf.js uses its own parsing worker; canvas export is paced with UI yields and large preview protection.

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Pages to extract text fromUse `all`, `odd`, `even`, `first`, `last`, `3-last`, ranges like `1-3`, or a custom order like `3,1,2`.

Text extraction reads the existing selectable text layer. It is not OCR, so scanned image-only PDFs remain part of the advanced OCR quality gate.

Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl + Enter

Drop PDF files to start.

Local page thumbnails will appear here for split, reorder and rotate workflows.

seo content matrix

Be honest about rasterization, selectable text loss and image extraction limits.

Audience: people handling receipts, scans, reports and application packets
Primary intent: convert images, export PDF pages and reduce large scanned PDFs

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faq

No. It extracts the existing selectable text layer. Scanned image-only PDFs need OCR, which remains quality-gated.

No. Text extraction runs locally with pdf.js in your browser.