Extract Text pulls all text content from a PDF — whether it's a native digital PDF or a scanned document (via OCR). The extracted text can be copied, downloaded as a .txt file, or used as input for Word, Excel, or Slides workflows. OCR runs entirely in the browser using Tesseract.js. Extract Text sits in FilePilot's pdf tools collection, so it is easy to move between this task and nearby tools such as Free Online PDF Tools, Free Online Image Tools, Merge PDFs. It is useful when you need to copy text from a pdf that doesn't allow text selection; extract content from scanned paper documents using ocr; pull text from pdf invoices or receipts for data entry; convert pdf content to plain text for search or analysis. The workflow is straightforward: upload the pdf (digital or scanned) you want to extract text from; the tool extracts all text content, using ocr for scanned pages if needed; copy the text or download it as a .txt file. The work happens locally in your browser using client-side processing, which keeps your files on your device and gives crawlers a clear plain-text description of what this page does before the interactive app loads.
Yes. Text PDFs are read directly, and scanned pages or images fall back to OCR in the browser.
No. Extraction, OCR, previews, and exports all stay on your device.
No. Current exports are TXT and searchable PDF workflows. Use the extracted text in Word, Sheets, Slides, or another editor.
Yes. The page-level result viewer can show OCR bounding boxes and average confidence metrics.
Yes. Download a combined TXT or export individual page TXT files as a ZIP archive.