You receive a scanned contract as a PDF, but you cannot search for specific clauses, copy text to quote in an email, or edit the document without retyping everything. The PDF is essentially a collection of images—not real text. OCR PDF conversion solves this problem by analyzing those images, recognizing the text characters, and creating a searchable, selectable text layer behind the original images. This transforms static scanned documents into fully functional, editable, searchable PDFs. This guide explains everything you need to know about OCR PDF conversion in clear, practical terms. You’ll learn why OCR accuracy varies dramatically (a major source of user frustration), how OCR technology actually works, the critical difference between image-only and searchable PDFs, security considerations when using online OCR services, and realistic expectations about what OCR can and cannot achieve. What is OCR PDF? OCR PDF is the process of applying Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technolo...