About Urdu PDF OCR
Urdu PDF OCR targets Urdu script inside scanned or bitmap PDFs—pages that are pictures of paper, not live text. It uses the same Ghostscript + Tesseract stack as our general PDF OCR, but fixes the recognition profile to urd so Nastaliq-style lines, forms, and mixed layouts get a model tuned for that alphabet. Researchers, publishers, and diaspora teams use it to quote, index, or light-edit material that only existed as scans.
Quality tracks scan clarity: flatbed or office copier output usually beats crooked phone shots. Dense newspapers and faint stamps stress every OCR stack—spot-check names, figures, and diacritics in the panel. Output is plain text with page markers; it does not automatically produce a new searchable PDF file.
Stay within the site upload limit; split long volumes if needed. For multi-language documents, the general PDF OCR — Text extraction tool (where you set the language code yourself) may fit better—this page stays Urdu-first only.
Only process files you may lawfully digitize. Personal identity papers and medical forms deserve offline handling when policy demands. Recognition can misread similar glyphs—never rely on automated text alone for legal filings without human proofreading.
Supported formats
This tool accepts PDF. Always respect the upload limit shown next to the form before sending large documents.
How to use
- Click Upload and choose your file.
- Set any options shown (compression, mode, ranges, etc.).
- Press Run tool and wait until the progress finishes.
- Download or copy the result from the result panel.
If processing fails, check the upload size limit on the form, try fewer or smaller files, or retry in a fresh tab.
Security & privacy
Files and text you send are processed to produce your result and are not intended for long-term storage on your behalf. Avoid uploading passports, bank details, medical records, or legally sensitive material unless you accept the risks of any online service. For confidential workflows, prefer offline software on a device you control. Read our privacy policy for site-wide practices.