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Pull the text out of any PDF - free, instant, and entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Copy it or download a .txt. From the team behind Sidenote, the AI reading assistant that cites every answer to the source.

Runs entirely in your browser - your PDF never leaves your device.

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Free PDF to text - common questions.

Yes: completely free, with no sign-up or card. Choose a PDF and the text is extracted instantly, right in your browser.
No. Extraction runs entirely in your browser on your own device - your file never leaves your computer and nothing is sent to a server.
That PDF is most likely scanned (an image of text), so there's no text layer to copy. This free in-browser tool can only read embedded text; Sidenote can OCR scanned PDFs and read them for you.
Both. Copy the extracted text to your clipboard, or download it as a .txt file with one click.
This tool just pulls out the raw text. The Sidenote extension lets you ask questions about a PDF and cites the exact passage each answer comes from, scrolling you straight to it - plus summaries, a glossary, and read-aloud.
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