Make a PDF searchable

Add a real text layer to a scan so you can search, select and copy the text.

Drag & drop your PDF here, or click to choose a file

A scanned PDF is just a picture of text until you run OCR. MarqPDF adds an accurate, invisible text layer so the document becomes searchable and the text selectable.

Searchable and selectable

After OCR you can search the document and highlight or copy any text, just like a born-digital PDF.

Then edit it

Go one step further and change the recognised text directly.

Frequently asked questions

What is a searchable PDF?

A PDF with a text layer over the page image, so its contents can be searched, selected and copied.

Do it from code or an AI agent

The same tool is in the MarqPDF API as POST /v1/ocr, and in MarqPDF's MCP server as ocr_pdf for Claude, Cursor and other AI agents.

curl https://marqpdf.com/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARQPDF_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"file": "file_…"}'

API reference · Use it from an AI agent (MCP) · JavaScript and Python SDKs · Chain it with other steps