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About OnlineOCR.cc — Free OCR That Reads Like a Human

OnlineOCR.cc is a free online OCR converter for scanned PDFs and images. We turn documents into editable Excel spreadsheets, Word files, and plain text — with tables intact, 100+ languages detected automatically, and every file deleted after processing.

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Files Auto-Deleted
Results in Seconds
100+ Languages Auto-Detected
Quick convert: PDF to Excel| Image to Excel| Image to Word| PDF to Word| PDF to Text| Image to Text

Why We Built OnlineOCR.cc

Scanned documents are everywhere — printed contracts, invoices, bank statements, receipts, old books, and handwritten notes. Retyping them by hand is slow, boring, and full of mistakes.

We built OnlineOCR.cc to close that gap: a professional-grade OCR engine with the friction of a bookmark. Upload a scan, pick Excel, Word, or text, and download the result in seconds. There is no account to create, no watermark to remove, and no credit card to enter.

Our focus is table-heavy work. Where most free OCR tools dump a wall of text, OnlineOCR.cc detects rows, columns, and cell boundaries so a scanned table becomes a real spreadsheet you can sort, filter, and sum.

  • Scanned PDF to Excel with table structure kept intact
  • Photos and screenshots of tables to Excel — receipts, invoices, and data entry
  • PDF to Word and image to Word with formatting preserved
  • Text extraction in about 7 seconds per page
  • Multi-page PDFs up to 20 pages per batch
  • 100+ languages with automatic language detection
Free, Forever
No Signup, No Watermark
Table-Aware OCR
Rows, Columns & Cells Kept
Private by Design
Files Auto-Deleted After Processing

The Conversions We Offer

Every conversion runs on the same OCR engine, so the quality you get on one tool is the quality you get on all of them.

Scanned PDF Excel (.xlsx) Image (JPG/PNG) Excel (.xlsx) Scanned PDF Word (.docx) Image (JPG/PNG) Word (.docx) JPG / PNG Plain Text Scanned PDF Plain Text

What Makes OnlineOCR.cc Different

We optimize for the two things that matter most: accuracy on real documents and zero friction for the person using it.

Accuracy on Real-World Scans

Our engine handles skewed pages, low contrast, stamps, and folds. Pre-processing cleans the image before a single character is recognized.

Tables Stay Tables

Rows, columns, and merged-cell structure are detected and carried into Excel. No retyping, no reformatting after download.

Multi-Page PDFs

Upload a multi-page scanned PDF and every page is processed in order. Batch up to 10 files and 20 pages per task.

100+ Languages Auto-Detected

Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, CJK, and Indic scripts are recognized automatically. You never have to pick a language manually.

Private by Design

Files travel over TLS and are deleted from our servers automatically after processing. We never store, share, or use your documents.

Frictionless by Default

No account, no watermark, no daily limits to worry about. Open the page, drop a file, and you are done in seconds.

How a Conversion Works

The same three-step flow powers every tool on the site.

Drop Your File

Drag & drop a scanned PDF or image — JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, WEBP, and more, up to 20MB each.

Pick the Output

Choose Excel (.xlsx), Word (.docx), or plain text (.txt). Language is detected automatically.

Download the Result

Get a ready-to-use file: a real spreadsheet with columns, an editable document, or clean text.

~40s
PDF to Excel / Page
~7s
Text Extraction / Page
100+
Languages Supported
20MB
Max File Upload

Questions About OnlineOCR.cc

Straight answers about how the service works.

Yes. Every tool is free to use with no registration, no credit card, and no watermark. There is no paid tier and no limit on how often you convert.

Your file is pre-processed to correct skew, lighting, and contrast. The OCR engine then detects text characters and, for Excel output, the row and column layout of each table before the final file is generated.

Input: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WEBP, and PDF. Output: Plain Text (.txt), Word (.docx), and Excel (.xlsx). Up to 10 files and 20 pages per batch.

They are deleted from our servers automatically once processing finishes. We do not store, share, or train on your documents. See the Privacy Policy for details.

No. Upload, convert, and download — there is no account system on the site and your documents are never tied to an identity.

Yes, free for personal and commercial use. Many teams use OnlineOCR.cc to digitize invoices, contracts, and financial statements.

Ready to See It Work?

Upload a scanned PDF or image and get an editable Excel, Word, or text file in seconds. No signup, no watermark, nothing to lose.

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