Handwriting to PDF

Convert handwritten pages to typed, searchable text.

Free, no sign-up. It runs inside your browser: your files never leave your device.

Convert handwritten notes to typed, searchable text. Use photos of handwritten pages or a PDF, and get a PDF with typed text you can search and copy.

How to use Handwriting to PDF

Drop photos of handwritten pages (JPG or PNG), or a PDF.
Under Output, choose Typed same layout, Typed as paragraphs, or Clean scan.
Pick the font, and the page size and font size for paragraphs. Turn on "Also give me the text (.txt)" if you want plain text too.
Click "Convert".

English handwriting. Clear writing reads best, so check names and numbers afterwards.

Yes. Add several photos or a PDF with many pages. You get one PDF back.

It keeps the handwriting as it is, but lifts shadows and makes the paper white. Nothing is typed.

The reading model (64 MB) downloads once, then runs on your device. Your pages are not uploaded.

Edit PDF: Click any text to change it, add text and images.
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Fill PDF form: Fill a form and lock the answers so everyone sees them.
Redact PDF: Permanently delete words and phrases from the file, not just cover them.
Add watermark: Stamp text like DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL, or your logo, across your pages.
Add page numbers: Number pages with your own format and position.
Bates numbering: Stamp sequential Bates numbers across many files.
Headers & footers: Add text, dates and page numbers to every page.
Flatten PDF: Make forms and annotations part of the page for good.
Invert colours: Invert, dark mode, sepia or grayscale versions of a PDF.