Convert Scanned Notes and Documents to Plain Text
Extract plain text from scanned class notes, meeting notes, and photographed documents so you can edit, search, and reuse the content. Extraction runs entirely in your browser.
No signup required • 100% browser-based • Zero uploads
Key Benefits
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it work on handwritten notes?
Printed and neatly typed content extracts reliably; handwriting recognition is much harder and results vary a lot with legibility. For handwritten pages, expect a useful draft that needs correcting rather than a perfect transcript.
What input formats can I use?
Scanned PDFs work directly. If your notes are phone photos, convert the images to a PDF first with our Image to PDF tool, then extract - straightening and cropping the photos beforehand noticeably improves accuracy.
Are my notes uploaded for processing?
No. OCR and text extraction run entirely inside your browser - your notes, whether lecture material or business records, never leave your device. It also works offline after the first load.
What do I get as output?
Clean plain text you can paste into any editor, notes app, or document. If you want a searchable PDF that keeps the original page images instead, use our PDF OCR tool rather than plain text extraction.
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