Translate scanned PDFs — without breaking the layout

A scanned PDF is just an image of text with no underlying text layer, so a translator that expects selectable text either returns blank pages or garbled, random characters. The fix is OCR (optical character recognition) to read the image first. Reglyph runs OCR on the scan before translating, so you get real translated text instead of gibberish.

Most mainstream translators only read PDFs that already contain a digital text layer. An image-only scan has none, so they report 'text not recognized', hang, or quietly skip pages. Reglyph is built for exactly this case — it recognizes the text in the image, so you don't have to convert or OCR the file yourself first.

Standard tools dump the translated words into a plain wall of text — tables collapse, columns merge, and headings blend into the body. Reglyph erases the original text from the page and re-typesets the translation in the same position, so tables, columns, figures, stamps, and numbers stay exactly where they were.

With most workflows, yes — people report spending 30–60 minutes per document copying the original formatting back by hand. Reglyph rebuilds the page layout automatically, so the output is ready to use without manual reformatting.

Many AI assistants can only read the text layer of a PDF and silently do nothing useful on image-only scans — a limitation that often isn't stated until after you've paid. Reglyph treats scanned, image-only PDFs as the primary use case rather than an unsupported edge case.

Yes. You don't need to run a separate OCR step or convert the file to editable text beforehand. Upload the scanned PDF and Reglyph handles recognition, translation, and re-layout in one pass. For a paper page, scan it into a PDF with your phone's scanner app (Scan Documents in iPhone Notes or Files, or the scan button in Google Drive); an existing photo needs saving as a PDF first.

Yes. Reglyph only replaces the text it translates; stamps, seals, signatures, figures, and numeric values keep their original positions and are not altered — which matters for certificates, contracts, and official records.

Yes. Many scanned-PDF translators choke on large or multi-page files. Reglyph processes documents page by page, so multi-page scans are translated with the layout preserved on every page. You get 5 free pages every day to try it.