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Extract text

Get every word out as a clean .txt or Markdown file with page headings. Scans need the OCR tool first.

Drop PDFs hereor click to browseup to 10 files · 50 MB each

Frequently asked questions

What formats can I get the text in?

Plain text, or Markdown with a heading per page so you can tell where each page starts.

Why did my PDF come back with no text?

It's a scan — an image of a page contains no machine-readable text. Run it through the OCR tool first to add a text layer, then extract.