Scan · Read · Translate
From paper to searchable, translated text
Scan with your camera, pull the text out in the right language, and translate it — without your document leaving the phone.
Scan
Google's on-device scanner finds the page edges, straightens and cleans it up. Scan several pages into one PDF.
- Automatic edge detection and cropping
- Multi-page scans become one PDF
- Scans are made searchable in the background
ID card scan
Scan the front and back of an Emirates ID, driving licence or any ID card. PDFort places both sides on one A4 page, ready to print or upload.
- Real card size (85.6 × 54 mm) when printed at 100%
- Or larger, easier-to-read images
- Nothing is uploaded — important for ID documents
Recognize text (OCR)
Turn scans and photos into text you can copy, search and edit. Choose the document's language for the best accuracy, or let PDFort detect it.
- From a PDF, photos, or a fresh scan
- Save as a searchable PDF, a Word file or plain text
- English and other Latin-script languages, Hindi and Marathi, Arabic and Urdu included in the app
- Chinese, Japanese and Korean through Google Play services
Works best on clear, printed text. Handwriting and low-light photos are much less accurate. Which languages?
Translate
Translate a PDF, a Word file, a photo of a letter, or pasted text. Pick the "from" and "to" languages, or let PDFort detect the original.
- 23 languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil and Chinese
- Runs on your phone once a language pack is downloaded
- Saves the translation as a Word file you can edit
Each language pack is about 30 MB and is downloaded once from Google, on Wi-Fi if you prefer. Google doesn't allow these packs to be built into apps. After that, translation works offline. Machine translation is great for understanding a document, but have important legal or medical documents translated professionally.