AI Text Extract

Use vision AI to extract text from scanned PDFs and photographed pages, preserving layout — including foreign-language scripts, where ordinary OCR usually fails.

AI Scan to Text is a Pro feature — included in PDFwarp Pro at $9 USD/month along with every other tool and unlimited conversions.

About this tool

Traditional OCR struggles with low-quality scans, unusual fonts, and complex layouts. PDFwarp uses Anthropic's vision AI to read scanned PDFs the way humans do — delivering accurate text extraction even from challenging documents.

How it works

  1. Upload your scanned PDF or image-based document.
  2. Click Extract Text — AI reads every page using vision AI.
  3. Download a searchable text PDF with all extracted content.

Features

Tips for best results

10-page limit per run

For scans longer than 10 pages, use Split PDF to chunk them first, run each chunk through OCR, then reassemble the output with Merge PDF. Tedious but reliable for long documents.

Print is easy, handwriting is hard

Printed text achieves 98%+ accuracy. Handwriting varies wildly — neat block print works, cursive and rushed handwriting often don't. If the output looks garbled, the source was the problem.

Beats traditional OCR on rough scans

PDFwarp uses vision AI that reads the way a human does — interpreting shapes in context. That makes it more forgiving of low-res scans, faded ink, and unusual fonts than classical pixel-based OCR.

Frequently asked questions

What is OCR?

Optical Character Recognition — the process of reading text from scanned images or photos and converting it to editable/searchable text.

How accurate is AI OCR?

PDFwarp uses Anthropic's vision AI which achieves high accuracy on clean scans. Handwriting and very low quality scans may have lower accuracy.

How many pages can be processed?

Up to 10 pages per file. For longer documents, split the PDF first then process each part.

What plans support AI Text Extract?

AI OCR requires a Pro account. Upgrade at pdfwarp.com/pricing.

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