free OCR

https://thefreeocrfocus.brightsora.com/posts/why-free-ocr-tools-are-more-powerful-than-you-think

If you've ever needed to turn a scanned PDF or a photo of a document into editable text, free OCR is a lifesaver. It uses optical character recognition to extract words from images, so you can copy, search, or edit the content instead of retyping everything. Most online tools handle common file types like JPEG and PNG, though accuracy depends on image quality and font legibility.