What is OCR and when do I need it?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is the process of converting scanned paper documents, PDF scans, or images into selectable and editable text. You need it when you try to highlight or copy text in a PDF and find that it is actually just a flat picture.

Does PDFMinty's OCR tool support tables and complex formatting?

Yes! PDFMinty uses a state-of-the-art Multimodal AI Vision OCR engine. Unlike traditional flat-text OCR engines that mess up layout alignment, our AI recognizes tabular structures and formats them into beautiful, perfectly styled Markdown tables.

Are my scanned files kept private?

Absolutely. PDFMinty handles initial page conversions and layout preparation entirely inside your browser sandbox. Only high-security, secure proxy calls are made to transcribe the pixels, and no data is retained or stored on any server.

Advanced Multimodal AI Vision OCR for Scanned Documents

Most basic PDF converters fail completely when processing scanned documents because they only read standard selectable text-layers. When pages are composed of flat images, traditional text extraction yields nothing. PDFMinty's OCR tool utilizes advanced Multimodal AI Vision models to transcribe non-selectable, hand-written, or printed texts directly into editable Markdown text sheets.

High-Fidelity Document Structure and Table Parsing

Our AI-powered OCR engine doesn't just read words—it understands layout semantics. If your scanned document contains list items, headers, subheadings, or intricate data tables, PDFMinty will automatically convert them into well-structured markdown lists, standard headings, and fully formatted Markdown tables. This saves hours of manual retyping and reformatting.

How to Run AI OCR on Your PDF

Upload your scanned PDF file. The uploader processes files safely.
Select the pages you want to extract text from (supports up to 5 pages per run).
Click 'Extract Text with AI Vision'. The model will analyze and parse characters with extreme accuracy.
Review, edit, copy, or download the final cleanly structured text or markdown file.

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