French PDF to Text
Extraire du texte français de PDFs — Gratuit
Free French PDF to text converter — extract français text from scanned and native PDF files online. Handles accents, cédilles, and œ/æ ligatures.
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PDF, PNG, JPG, WebP, BMP, HEIC
PDF up to 1 GB · images up to 20 MB
Tips for a clear photo
- Lay the page flat.
- Use even light, with no shadows.
- Turn off the flash to avoid glare.
- Fill the frame with the page.
RTL PDF support
Handles right-to-left text layout in Arabic, Urdu, and Hebrew PDFs.
Searchable PDF output
Creates dual-layer PDFs with invisible text for full-text search.
Multi-page books
Processes entire books and long documents in a single batch.
Scanned & native PDFs
Reads text from scanned page images and extracts it directly from native PDF files.
Diacritics preserved
Accents, vowel marks, and special characters retained in output.
Word and text output
Download the recognized text as a Word (.docx) file or plain text, or as a searchable PDF.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does French PDF to text handle the œ ligature?
Yes. FastOCR correctly recognizes the œ and æ ligatures in French text, preserving them as single characters in the output.
Can I process French-Canadian PDF documents?
Yes. FastOCR handles both European and Canadian French equally well, including Québécois typographic conventions.
How does it handle French guillemets « »?
FastOCR preserves French typographic quotation marks « » in the extracted text output.