PDF to Text
Convert PDFs to searchable text instantly. Our 5-tier extraction pipeline handles text PDFs, scanned documents with OCR, and complex layouts with tables. Free daily quota, no signup required.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does PDF text extraction work?
Your PDF passes through a 5-tier extraction chain. DocLing with Tesseract OCR is tried first (handles 95% of PDFs), followed by PyMuPDF, pdfplumber, LlamaParse, and GPT-4o VisionOCR as fallbacks. Scanned documents are automatically detected and processed with OCR. Large documents are processed in 30-page batches.
Are tables preserved?
Yes. Tables are extracted into a structured row-linearized format where each row becomes a set of "Header: Value" pairs. Column semantics survive chunking, and table captions are preserved.
Is it really free?
Yes. The free tier includes 5 conversions per day with no account required. Create a free account for 5 daily uses, or upgrade to Starter ($15/mo) for 25 daily uses.
What about scanned or image-based PDFs?
Scanned PDFs are automatically detected and processed with Tesseract OCR. For complex scanned documents, paid tiers unlock VisionOCR powered by GPT-4o for the highest accuracy.
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