Private text extraction
Extract text from a PDF without uploading it
PDF Inspector parses embedded PDF text in a browser Web Worker. It also reports layout complexity and encoding warnings so you can judge whether the extracted result is trustworthy.
Open PDF InspectorNo upload · No server processing · Browser WebAssembly
- Runs locally with browser WebAssembly
- Detects table and multi-column pages
- Flags possible font encoding problems
What can be extracted?
For text-based PDFs, the parser can recover text structure and produce Markdown with headings, lists, tables, links, and reading order. Results depend on how the source PDF encodes its content.
What about scanned documents?
A scan usually contains page images rather than embedded text. PDF Inspector identifies pages that need OCR so you can route only those pages to an OCR tool.