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OCR a phone photo of a document

A photo of a letter is not searchable until it has a text layer. ChargeBite runs Tesseract 5 with deskew, returns a searchable PDF or .txt, and deletes the photo.

Updated 2026-09-08

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Shoot the page so OCR works

  • Fill the frame, even lighting, no flash glare
  • One page per photo
  • HEIC from iPhone is accepted — or convert to JPG first

Step-by-step

  1. Open OCR PDF.
  2. Drop the photo (or a scanned PDF).
  3. Pick language and searchable PDF (keep the image) or plain text.
  4. Download. Next step is often PDF to Wordor PDF to Excel.

FAQ

Should I export searchable PDF or plain text?

Searchable PDF keeps the photo and adds a hidden text layer — best when you still need the image. Plain text is for copy-paste only.

Which language pack?

Pick the main language on the page: English, Spanish, French, or German.

Do you keep ID photos?

No. The scan is recognized, returned, and deleted.