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Sarahubuer
Tin Contributor
Nov 05, 2026

What is the best PDF to Word Doc converter with OCR for Windows 10?

Windows 10 doesn't come with a PDF editor and I can't edit the PDF files so I am trying to convert pdf to word doc on Windows 10. The problem is that some of the PDF files are scanned, not the plain ...
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OakleyCruz
Iron Contributor
Nov 06, 2026

Personally, I prefer command-line tools, and UNGREED-PDF fits the bill perfectly. It's a PDF to Word converter free download for Windows 10 that uses OCR technology to recognize text in scanned PDFs and convert it into editable Word documents.

It can:

  • Automatically detect scanned pages and perform optical character recognition (OCR).
  • Support both text-based PDFs and image-based PDFs.
  • Preserve embedded images in the exported Word files.

 

How to Convert PDF to Word for Free on Windows 10:

Step 1: Installation

  • First, install Python, Git, and Tesseract OCR on Windows 10. Then open the Command Prompt and run:
git clone https://github.com/devineus-web/UNGREED-PDF.git
cd UNGREED-PDF
pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 2: Convert PDF to Word

  • To convert a PDF to an editable DOCX file, enter:

python cli.py input.pdf output.docx

  • Replace input.pdf with the name of your PDF file. The converted document will be saved as output.docx.

Step 3: For scanned PDFs containing multiple languages, you can specify the OCR languages

python cli.py input.pdf --lang eng+fra

  • In this example, eng+fra enables recognition of English and French, provided the corresponding Tesseract language data is installed.

 

One limitation is that complex tables, columns, and unusual layouts may not be perfectly preserved, so please check the DOCX file after conversion.

For users looking to PDF to Word converter free download for Windows 10, the software offers a command-line solution that includes built-in support for scanned documents via OCR technology.