Can I OCR a scanned contract that has both typed and handwritten sections?

Yes, but results will vary. OCR performs reliably on typed, printed text from clean scans. Handwritten sections may produce poor or garbled output — the tool notes this limitation explicitly.

Does the extracted text preserve clause numbering and paragraph structure?

Raw text is extracted in reading order, so numbered clauses and paragraph breaks are typically present. However, complex multi-column layouts or tables may not render in their original visual structure.

Is my scanned contract data stored after processing?

Deliteful uses temporary storage only. Uploaded files and output text files are not retained after your session ends.

What file size limit applies to scanned contract PDFs?

Each PDF can be up to 300 MB. You can process up to 50 files per batch, with a 2 GB total batch limit.

Extract Text from Scanned Contracts for Legal Review

Scanned contracts arrive as image-based PDFs — unsearchable, uncopyable, and impossible to redline without manual retyping. Deliteful's PDF OCR → Text tool extracts the raw text from any scanned agreement so you can search, quote, and analyze it immediately.

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Contract lawyers regularly receive legacy agreements, notarized documents, and court filings as scanned PDFs. Without OCR, locating a specific indemnification clause or liability cap means scrolling page by page. Converting to plain text lets you paste content directly into your review workflow, run keyword searches, or feed the text into contract analysis software.

Deliteful processes each scanned PDF server-side and returns a plain .txt file containing the extracted text. OCR is applied only to pages lacking an embedded text layer, so mixed documents are handled correctly. Accuracy depends on scan quality — clean, high-resolution scans of typed documents produce reliable output.

How it works

1
Create your free account
Sign up with Google OAuth in roughly 3 clicks — no credit card required.
2
Upload your scanned PDFs
Upload up to 50 scanned contract PDFs at once, up to 300 MB each.
3
Run OCR
Deliteful applies OCR to each image-based page and extracts all readable text.
4
Download the text files
Each input PDF produces one .txt file ready for search, copy, or further analysis.

Frequently asked questions

Can I OCR a scanned contract that has both typed and handwritten sections?: Yes, but results will vary. OCR performs reliably on typed, printed text from clean scans. Handwritten sections may produce poor or garbled output — the tool notes this limitation explicitly.
Does the extracted text preserve clause numbering and paragraph structure?: Raw text is extracted in reading order, so numbered clauses and paragraph breaks are typically present. However, complex multi-column layouts or tables may not render in their original visual structure.
Is my scanned contract data stored after processing?: Deliteful uses temporary storage only. Uploaded files and output text files are not retained after your session ends.
What file size limit applies to scanned contract PDFs?: Each PDF can be up to 300 MB. You can process up to 50 files per batch, with a 2 GB total batch limit.

Create your free Deliteful account with Google and start extracting searchable text from scanned contracts today.