PDF Transcription: AI OCR & Text Conversion with Mr. T

Can't copy text from a PDF file?

Have you ever encountered such a problem while working with PDF files?

Mr. Transcription is a web application that can automatically transcribe text from PDFs just by uploading the PDF file.

You can use the latest AI to perform free OCR (optical character recognition) on the content of your PDF files.

In this article, we will explain how to extract text from PDFs using Mr. Transcription with images.

If you want to convert a PDF into editable text, why not try using Mr. Transcription for free, following this guide?

Mr. Transcription: An AI app for easy PDF OCR [Free]

Mr. Transcription is a web application that uses AI to transcribe audio, video, images, and PDFs.

It's easy to use.

Simply upload your PDF file directly from your browser.

No special software installation is required, and it works on Windows, Mac, iPhone (iOS), and Android smartphones – any environment.

By registering an account, you can transcribe up to 10 pages of PDF files per day for free. So, if you need to convert a PDF to text, why not try Mr. Transcription first?

How to Transcribe PDFs with Mr. Transcription

The process of transcribing PDFs with Mr. Transcription is very simple.

Transcription is completed in just 3 steps.

Step 1: Select your PDF file

First, open Mr. Transcription's top page.

After selecting the file, check the "Language".

Select the language that matches your PDF file (usually, the language used by your browser is automatically selected).

Drag and drop the PDF file you want to transcribe, or click the "Select File" button to choose it.

Once the file is selected, the upload and transcription process will start automatically.

Step 2: Check the transcription results

The transcription process will complete quickly, and the results will be displayed on the screen.

You can edit the resulting text directly or download it as a text file.

Clicking Show Details will open the detailed page.

You can review the uploaded PDF file, and use the latest AI to summarize, create meeting minutes, or analyze content (Learn more about summary, meeting minutes, and content analysis features here).

(For the PDF transcription sample, we used "Information and Communications White Paper 2025" (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).)

This completes the process of using Mr. Transcription to recognize text in a PDF and extract it.

Mr. Transcription is also recommended for those looking for a PDF OCR solution!

It's free to use, so why not try using Mr. Transcription to conveniently transcribe your PDF files?

Tips for Transcribing PDF Files

Here are some tips for transcribing PDF files with Mr. Transcription.

File size limit is 50MB

The maximum size for an uploaded PDF file is 50MB per file.

PDFs exceeding this limit cannot be uploaded.

If you want to recognize text from a large PDF file, you can split the PDF or extract only the necessary pages and save them as a separate file to enable transcription.

Mr. Transcription's Supported Files and Sizes. How to Handle Unsupported Files

We explain Mr. Transcription's supported file types and what to do if your file is not supported.

How are transcription pages counted?

For PDF file transcription in Mr. Transcription, 1 page is counted as 1 image.

For example,

• A 3-page PDF file = 3 images
• A 10-page PDF file = 10 images

This is how it's calculated.

The number of pages that can be transcribed is limited by the maximum number of images that can be transcribed.

By registering for a free account, you can convert up to 10 pages of PDF files to text per day.

This article explains in detail the number of pages you can transcribe for free and what you can do for free.

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Mr. Transcription FAQ | Pricing, Free Tier, Security - AI Transcription Service - Mr. Transcription

This is a FAQ for the AI transcription website "Mr. Transcription". It explains pricing plans, free tier limits, security measures, and cancellation methods in a Q&A format. You can check common questions before use.

For vertical PDFs, it's recommended to convert them to images before processing

For PDFs written vertically (such as books, magazines, and newspapers), the text order or column layout may not be transcribed correctly.

If you want to accurately transcribe vertical text, it's recommended to convert the PDF to an image first, then use Mr. Transcription's vertical OCR feature.

This article explains Mr. Transcription's vertical OCR feature in detail.

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How to extract and transcribe only a part of a multi-page PDF?

When performing OCR on a multi-page PDF file, you might sometimes only want to transcribe a few specific pages.

In such cases, "PDF Image Converter" is recommended.

Using "PDF Image Converter", it's recommended to break down the PDF into images (JPG/PNG) and then upload only the necessary page images to Mr. Transcription.

This allows you to smoothly convert only the required sections into text.

You can find more details about PDF Image Converter in this article.

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[Free] How to use 'PDF Image Converter' to convert PDF to JPG/PNG | AI Transcription Service - Mr. Transcription

Learn how to use "PDF Image Converter," a free tool that easily converts PDFs to JPG/PNG. It's browser-based, secure, and requires no registration. We also introduce use cases, such as transcribing only necessary pages from multi-page PDFs.

Why not easily convert your PDFs to text with Mr. Transcription?

As shown, with Mr. Transcription, you can automatically recognize text and extract it from PDF files simply by uploading them.

Even PDF files with embedded text as images can be converted to editable text, allowing you to conveniently analyze and summarize them using AI services.

When you need to convert a PDF file to text, why not try Mr. Transcription's highly accurate AI transcription feature?