Can I use this to summarize a contract?

This page extracts text without interpreting it. You can use the result in a separate review workflow, but automated summaries are not a substitute for legal advice.

Are clause numbers preserved?

Numbered lists and headings are preserved when the PDF exposes enough layout information. Check every section reference against the original.

Does a contract stay in my browser?

Text-layer contracts are processed locally. Scanned or image-only documents require the OCR fallback and therefore an upload.

Legal PDF text extractor

Extract text from contracts and legal PDFs

Convert contracts and legal PDF documents to searchable text or Markdown. Preserve headings, numbered clauses, links, and page markers.

No signup

Local browser parsing

OCR for scans

TXT · MD · CSV

Free PDF extractor

No signup. Text PDFs stay on your device.

Browser-first processing

Smart OCR fallback. Scans upload only after local detection confirms OCR is needed.

Private by default. Browser-parsed PDFs and extracted text are never saved. OCR requests are processed without being persisted by Brainy Canvas.

What this PDF extractor does

Turn a contract, policy, filing, or legal report into searchable text while retaining numbered lists, headings, links, and page markers. Structured Markdown is easier to search, compare, annotate, and use in a document-review workflow than a visual PDF alone.

Text-layer documents are parsed locally in the browser. Scans can use OCR, but extraction is not legal analysis and the output is not authoritative. Always work from the executed or filed original and verify quotations, defined terms, section numbers, dates, and signatures.

Built for privacy

Text-layer PDFs are parsed entirely in your browser. Brainy Canvas does not save your PDF or extracted text. If OCR is required, the scan is sent to the OCR processor for that request, and Brainy Canvas does not persist the PDF or output.

Best for

Searching long contracts and policies
Preparing clauses for comparison or annotation
Creating an accessible working copy
Recovering text from archived legal scans

What it extracts

Headings and numbered clauses
Defined terms, links, and list structure
Page markers for source verification
Tables and schedules when detectable

How it works

1
Choose the legal PDF
Use the best-quality original available.
2
Extract structure
Clauses, headings, lists, and page boundaries become Markdown.
3
Verify before use
Search or annotate the copy, then confirm citations in the source PDF.

Frequently asked questions

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