MAKE IT SEARCHABLE

Turn a scan into a searchable PDF.

Keeps the page looking exactly like the photo, with real selectable, searchable text hidden underneath.

⌂ Recognized on your device

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Drop photos or scans here

JPG, PNG, or HEIC-from-camera. One page per image, in the order you drop them.

Free forever. No signup. No watermark. Files never leave your device.

REAL TEXT, NOT A CAPTION

Positioned word by word.

Each word sits exactly where it appears in the photo — select it, search it, copy it.

MULTI-PAGE

One PDF, many photos.

Drop several pages of a document and get back one file, in order.

ROTATE FIRST

Fix the angle before you scan.

A crooked photo tanks recognition accuracy — nudge it square with one tap.

JUST THE WORDS

Pull the text out of a photo.

A screenshot, a whiteboard photo, a printed page — get back plain, editable text.

⌂ Recognized on your device

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Drop a photo or screenshot here

One image at a time.

Free forever. No signup. No watermark. Files never leave your device.

EDITABLE OUTPUT

Land in a text box, not a file.

Fix a misread word right there, then copy or download.

FOUR LANGUAGES

English, Spanish, French, German.

Pick the language before you run it — recognition is tuned per language.

NOTHING UPLOADED

The image never leaves your device.

Recognition runs in your browser, not on a server somewhere.

FIX AN UNSEARCHABLE PDF

Give an old scan a text layer.

For PDFs that are really just photos of pages — the kind you can't select or search.

⌂ Recognized on your device

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Drop a PDF here

Each page is re-rendered as a high-resolution image with hidden, searchable text underneath.

Free forever. No signup. No watermark. Files never leave your device.

Good to know: this rebuilds each page as an image with a hidden text layer — it's built for scanned, image-only PDFs. If your PDF already has real, selectable text, this isn't the tool you need (and running it would just flatten what you already have).

PAGE BY PAGE

Handles multi-page scans.

Every page gets its own recognition pass, in order.

SAME LOOK, NEW LAYER

Looks identical, behaves differently.

The output looks like the original — but now you can select, search, and copy from it.

RUNS LOCALLY

Even the rendering stays on-device.

Pages are decoded and recognized right in your browser.

Guides for every job

Turn scans and photos into a searchable PDFTurn photos and scans of pages into one searchable PDF. Get the text out of an imageCopy the text out of any image. Turn a phone photo into editable textSnap a photo of a page, sign or whiteboard and turn it into editable text. Copy the text out of a screenshotCopy text out of a screenshot of an app, error message or web page. Make a scanned PDF searchableAdd a hidden text layer to an image-only PDF so you can search, select and copy its words. Read Spanish text from photos and scansFree Spanish OCR in your browser. Read French text from photos and scansFree French OCR in your browser. Read German text from photos and scansFree German OCR in your browser.

Questions, answered

Is Matching Sox OCR free?

Yes. It's free to use, with no account, no signup, and no watermarks.

Are my files uploaded anywhere?

No. Text recognition runs on your device, inside your browser. Your images and PDFs never get uploaded to us or to anyone else.

What languages does it read?

English, Spanish, French, and German. Pick the language before you start, since recognition is tuned for each one.

What is a searchable PDF?

It looks exactly like your scan, but it has an invisible text layer underneath. That lets you search, select, and copy the words.

How do I get the most accurate results?

Use a sharp, well-lit, straight-on scan or photo. Pick the right language and rotate pages upright first. Clean printed text works much better than handwriting.

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