A Minimalist Web App for Extracting Text From Pdfs
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It runs entirely online, with no registration or upload limits. You can extract text from academic papers, invoices, or multi-page scanned files in seconds.
I made it because most online PDF extractors are either paywalled, slow, or collect user data. DeepOCR is designed to stay fast, simple, and truly free.