Convert scanned PDF to plain text on Mac

VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter for Mac is developed for converting image text to editable textual files. With the advanced OCR technology, this application can recognize the characters accurately in image files such as image PDF, PNG, JPG, BMP and TIFF files. It can then save the recognized text to Word, Excel, RTF and plain text format. This article describes how to convert scanned image PDF to plain text by the application.

PDF files created textual PDF files are still textual, and these PDF files are easy to edit. To those scanned image PDF files, it is rather difficult to edit. You can use VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter for Mac to recognize the text in scanned PDF and then save the text to plain text files.

VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter for Mac is free to evaluate. After downloading and installing the application, you will see it in the folder Applications in the Mac OS X system. Run the application, and then you will see the interface as displayed in the following image.

The image above shows the result of the recognition. VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter for Mac has recognized the text from the PDF file and output the text to the right part of the interface. The operation steps are as follows.

• Select File -> Open in the menu to load the PDF file. You may also click the button to load the PDF. The loaded PDF will be previewed in the left part of the interface.

• Select Command -> OCR to recognize the characters in the current displayed PDF page. Or you may also choose Command -> OCR All Pages to recognize all the characters in all pages of the PDF file. The recognized text will be output to the right part of the interface.

• Edit the text in the right part to check the errors.

• Select File -> Save and choose target format as TXT to save the recognized text.

The operations to convert scanned image PDF to editable textual file are much easy judging from the steps above. If you still have any questions, please read the full user guide of VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter for Mac, or contact us.