
How to convert a PDF to text with AI (including scans)
Copy text-based PDFs in seconds; for scanned PDFs, run OCR with ChatGPT, Claude, Google Docs, or Adobe Acrobat. Which tool to use, and how to stay private.
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Copy text-based PDFs in seconds; for scanned PDFs, run OCR with ChatGPT, Claude, Google Docs, or Adobe Acrobat. Which tool to use, and how to stay private.

ChatGPT, Claude, NotebookLM, Copilot, and Acrobat can each summarize a PDF. Here are the exact steps, page and size limits, and a key privacy caveat.