Paper archives, faxed contracts, and phone photos of whiteboards produce image-only PDFs where highlight and search fail. OCR generates hidden text aligned with visible glyphs, unlocking downstream Word export and keyword splitting.

Siliph OCR PDF runs recognition in the browser-backed engine with encrypted uploads, supporting common languages on mixed documents. Processing time scales with page count, but you avoid mailing discs to a desktop suite.

Deskew and grayscale preprocessing improve accuracy on crooked, shadowed scans—run those tools first on difficult captures. OCR quality on handwriting remains limited; typed prints and laser output work best.

Files purge within two hours on the free plan, and OCR requires no signup to test on a short sample. After OCR, PDF to Word or PDF to Excel conversions preserve far more structure than from raw images.

For Indian government forms with Devanagari or regional scripts, verify sample output against portal requirements before bulk processing entire applications.

Siliph scan tools run OCR, deskew, and grayscale cleanup in the browser, turning camera captures into searchable PDFs without Acrobat. Scans are encrypted end to end, removed after your session, and available instantly with no signup.