Readiris PDF

Readiris PDF is the complete PDF and OCR solution to make best use of your scanners or files and transform all your paper documents into digital files.

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What is Readiris PDF?

Readiris PDF, developed by IRIS, a Canon company, is a complete PDF and OCR software solution designed to help organisations and professionals transform paper documents, scanned files and PDFs into editable, searchable digital files. Create and edit PDFs, convert documents into multiple formats and streamline document digitalisation with just a few clicks.

Powered by advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, Readiris PDF automatically recognises text and preserves layouts from images, PDFs and scanned documents. Convert files into editable Word, Excel, PDF, HTML, TXT and ePub formats while reducing manual data entry and improving productivity. Supporting up to 138 languages, Readiris PDF helps businesses, public sector organisations and professionals manage information more efficiently.

Benefits & Features

Discover how Readiris PDF OCR software helps organisations digitise documents, edit PDFs and improve productivity with powerful OCR and document management capabilities.

PDF Annotations

Collaborate more effectively with comments, highlights, stamps and annotation tools built directly into your PDF workflow.

Convert to Editable Documents

Convert scanned documents, images and PDFs into editable Word, Excel and searchable PDF files while preserving formatting.

Create, Merge & Organise PDFs

Combine, reorder, split and manage PDF files from a single platform to simplify document handling.

Access Documents Anywhere

Access and share digital documents across devices, helping teams stay productive wherever they work.

Advanced Canon OCR Technology. Simple and Intuitive.

Edit, convert and manage your documents with ease.

Advanced OCR Intelligence

Readiris PDF uses advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to recognise text and preserve layouts from scanned documents, images and PDFs. Convert paper documents into editable and searchable digital files while maintaining formatting, tables and document structure.

By transforming physical documents into searchable digital content, Readiris PDF helps organisations reduce manual data entry, improve information accessibility and accelerate document digitalisation initiatives.

Multilingual OCR Software

Process documents in up to 138 languages with Readiris PDF, making it an ideal OCR solution for international businesses, public sector organisations and multilingual environments.

Accurately recognise and convert documents in languages including Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish and Cyrillic scripts, while supporting right-to-left text recognition. Readiris PDF helps organisations digitise, search and manage information across multiple languages with ease.

Edit Text Embedded in Images

Readiris PDF can recognise and extract text from images, scanned documents and screenshots using advanced OCR technology. Convert image-based content into editable and searchable text without the need for manual retyping.

Ideal for digitising archived records, scanned forms and image-based documents while preserving valuable information and improving accessibility.

Annotate and Comment PDF Documents

Review and collaborate on PDF files with built-in annotation tools. Add comments, highlights, notes and markups directly within your documents to simplify feedback and document reviews.

Whether you're sharing contracts, reports or business documents, Readiris PDF helps teams communicate changes clearly and collaborate more efficiently.

Compress and Optimise PDF Files

Reduce PDF file sizes without compromising document quality. Readiris PDF helps optimise PDFs for easier storage, sharing and archiving, making it simpler to manage large volumes of digital documents.

Whether you're sending files by email, storing records or sharing documents across teams, PDF compression helps improve efficiency while reducing storage requirements.

Readiris PDF

Create and edit your PDFs, convert and modify all your paper documents with just a few clicks

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Readiris PDF supports a wide range of file formats, allowing you to open, view and process PDFs, scanned documents, image files and Microsoft Office documents from a single platform.

  • Readiris PDF works with scanned documents and images, helping you convert paper documents into editable and searchable digital files using advanced OCR technology.

  • Readiris PDF includes PDF management tools that allow you to split, merge, organise and annotate PDF files. Add comments, highlights and notes to simplify collaboration and document reviews.

  • Readiris PDF includes PDF editing and security features that help protect sensitive information. Users can manage document access, apply password protection and secure documents before sharing them.

  • Readiris PDF supports document workflows that allow users to share, store and manage files across common cloud storage and collaboration platforms, helping improve accessibility and productivity.

  • Windows®
    Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows® 11
    1.5 GHz processor or faster
    8 GB RAM
    5 GB available hard disk space
    Internet connection for software download and activation
    macOS®
    macOS® 10.15 or later
    1.5 GHz processor or faster
    8 GB RAM
    5 GB available hard disk space
    Internet connection for software download and activation

  • Interface languages:
    English, Spanish, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Polish, Dutch, German, Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese (PT), Portuguese (BR), Romanian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Greek, Hebrew and Turkish.
    OCR recognition languages:
    Readiris PDF supports OCR in more than 130 recognition languages, including: Afaan Oromo, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Asturian, Aymara, Azeri (Latin), Balinese, Basque, Bemba, Bikol, Bislama, Bosnian (Cyrillic), Bosnian (Latin), Brazilian, Breton, Bulgarian, Bulgarian-English, Byelorussian, Byelorussian-English, Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK), English (USA), Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Farsi, Fijian, Finnish, French, Frisian, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, German, German (Switzerland), Greek, Greek-English, Greenlandic, Haitian Creole, Hani, Hebrew, Hiligaynon, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ido, Ilocano, Indonesian, Interlingua, Irish (Gaelic), Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kapampangan, Kazakh, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luba, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Macedonian-English, Madurese, Malagasy, Malay, Manx (Gaelic), Maori, Mayan, Mexican, Minangkabau, Moldovan, Mongolian (Cyrillic), Nahuatl, Norwegian, Numeric, Nyanja, Nynorsk, Occitan, Papiamento, Pidgin English (Nigeria), Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Romanian, Rundi, Russian, Russian-English, Samoan, Sardinian, Scottish (Gaelic), Serbian, Serbian (Latin), Serbian-English, Shona, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tatar (Latin), Tetum, Thai, Tok Pisin, Tonga, Tswana, Turkish, Turkmen (Latin), Ukrainian, Ukrainian-English, Uzbek, Waray, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Zapotec and Zulu.

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Industries that use Readiris PDF

Readiris PDF helps organisations across multiple industries transform paper documents into searchable, secure digital information. It is also widely used by legal professionals, professional services firms and small businesses looking to improve productivity and document management.

Government & Public Sector

Digitise records and citizen documentation while improving accessibility, compliance and document management.

Healthcare

Convert medical records and administrative documents into searchable digital files for faster access to information.

Education

Transform paper-based records into digital documents and reduce administrative workloads across educational institutions.

Financial Services

Manage contracts, applications and compliance documentation more efficiently with OCR and PDF tools.

Get in touch with our experts now to take the next step in your document management journey.