Extract Text From a Scanned Image or PDF (Arabic OCR)
How to turn a scanned document or image into selectable, searchable text using OCR, with full Arabic support.
What is OCR and why do you need it?
When you scan a document or photograph it with a camera, you get an image of the page — just pixels, no real text. That's why trying to copy text from a scanned PDF fails, and converting it to Word comes out empty. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) solves this: it analyzes the image, recognizes the letter shapes, and turns them into real text you can copy, search, and edit.
Extracting Arabic and English text
Recognizing Arabic text is technically harder than English because letters connect and change shape based on their position in the word, but our OCR tool fully supports it. Open the tool, upload the image or scanned PDF, choose the language (Arabic, English, or both together), and click convert to get the extracted text.
An important tip: OCR accuracy depends on the clarity of the original image. If the document is slightly tilted from scanning, run it through the Deskew tool first — straightening the page before OCR noticeably improves recognition accuracy.
Frequently asked questions
Is recognition accuracy guaranteed to be 100%?+
No, it depends on image clarity; high-resolution scans with clear fonts give far better results than poor scans.
Does it really support Arabic text?+
Yes, it supports recognizing Arabic and English text together or each language separately.