How can we help?
Use Docuvoza’s PDF tools without an account. Server-side tools and the AI form assistant are included within the free allowance too.
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Questions about a tool
Start for free, without an account5 answers
Start for free, without an account
Browser tools are free. Server tools include, for the launch, 50 operations a week without an account, up to 10 of them AI requests. File-size, concurrency and abuse-prevention limits still apply. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch.
What is an operation?
One file through a tool that runs on our EU servers (convert, compress, protect, unlock), an AI draft, a “Short” summary (1 operation per started 10 pages with text), a translated page or 2 minutes of voice input. Without an account, for the launch, 50 operations a week are free, up to 10 of them AI requests. Browser tools never count, nor does “Standard” text recognition.
Privacy
Browser tools upload no files. The working copy stays in your browser for up to 7 days, or until you delete it with Start over. Server working files are deleted after 60 minutes at the latest. Account storage and share links are unavailable at launch. For the AI form assistant, your description and the document’s structure are processed by an AI provider in the EU, only to make the proposal and not for training.
AI form assistant
In Create a document, describe what the document should contain with Create with AI or Change with AI; the AI drafts it, you check and adjust it. Without an account, for the launch, 10 AI requests a week are free; each counts as one operation of the free weekly allowance, and only a usable proposal is charged. Your description and the document’s structure are processed by an AI provider in the EU only to make the proposal and not used for training. Photos, signatures and other people’s answers are never sent.
Signovoza
Accounts and Signovoza are coming later. Launch notifications are optional and are not required to use the tools.
AI and your data2 answers
What goes to the AI?
Only what it needs for your request, and only after your click: usually the text, not the file. The page “AI and your data” lists it for each feature.
Where does the AI run, and is anything stored?
On servers in the EU. The provider does not store your content and does not train any AI with it. On our side the finished answer stays 5 minutes in a cache, so a second try does not count twice.
How reliable is the AI?4 answers
Can I rely on the AI?
It saves typing but does not replace your eye. The AI can mix up values, miss something or misread a passage. So every AI feature shows what to check: when filling the place in the text, when summarizing the page with the quote, when translating what does not fit or where a number differs. Check what matters before you pass it on.
What happens when the AI does not find something?
Required fields without a matching entry are listed, so you can enter them yourself. An important value with no place in the text counts as “Unsure” and applies only with your tick. Summary points whose quote is not on the page they name are removed before you see them.
Is anything sent or signed without me?
No. An AI proposal is a proposal: you apply it, change it or discard it. Sending and signing are always started by you.
What do I pay if the result does not fit?
A delivered proposal counts, even if you discard it afterwards. If an operation gives no usable result, we refund purchased credits; from the free allowance it still counts. When translating, pages that could not be translated are not charged.
Fill with AI10 answers
What does “Fill with AI” do?
You describe the case – typed or spoken – and the AI proposes values for the fields of your document or form: customer, address, items, date. The proposal appears right in the form. You check, tick or leave what is unsure, and apply. You start from the “Fill with AI” row above the form, which names what is still empty. It is in “Create a document” under “Fill in myself” and in “Fill PDF form” for forms made in Docuvoza.
What is sent?
Your text and the field structure: field names, types, options, required marks, sections and roles, plus per field only whether it is already filled. Never sent: entered answers, photos, signatures, the letterhead, account and contact data. When you speak, the recording first goes to our speech service or our AI provider in the EU to be turned into text; with documents the file stays in your browser and only the text read from it goes to the AI.
What should I say?
“Still missing” lists the fields the form still needs, and “Next” under the microphone names the next one. Just say what you know, in any order; the AI sorts it out. One recording runs up to 90 seconds, then simply carry on. The recognised text appears below and can be corrected. Fields your text already mentions are ticked as “mentioned”. That is only a guide based on single words and can be wrong; the proposal shows what is really entered.
Which fields may the AI fill?
You choose in the dialog. “Empty fields only” is the default: whatever is already filled stays untouched. With “Also change filled ones” the AI may replace existing values too; those proposals are marked “Overwrites”, show the current value and apply only with your tick.
Something is missing: what does “Add more” do?
“Add more” sets the proposal aside and reopens the dialog with your text and documents still there. You say or type what is missing and create a new proposal. That is a new request and costs 1 operation again. To change just one field, apply the proposal and enter it by hand.
What do “Proposed”, “Unsure” and “Overwrites” mean?
“Proposed”: the AI found the value in the text; it is in place and will be applied unless you change it. “Unsure”: the value is not in the text like that, was corrected afterwards, does not fit the field or appears for two parties; it is applied only with your tick. “Overwrites”: the field already holds something, shown as “Currently: …”; you decide with the tick as well. For every value you can unfold “Source in the text”.
What can the AI not fill?
Computed fields (sums, totals, hours), other parties' fields (such as the customer's signature), a task's fixed details and fields you did not select. Required fields the text does not cover are listed, never invented.
Why do hours or totals stay empty?
The document calculates hours and totals itself; they cannot be typed. It needs readable entries in the fields before them: times such as “9:00”, “9 Uhr” or “5 pm”, a break such as “30” (minutes), “1 hour”, “half an hour”, “12 to 1 pm” or “none”. Anything else shows “Time not readable” in the field, and the AI marks the value “Unsure”. Change the value and the document recalculates at once. A day counts only when it has both a start and an end; otherwise it stays empty.
Which documents can I use?
With an account: a PDF (up to 10 pages, 20 MB) or up to 5 photos – the timesheet from the site, a delivery note, a photo of handwritten notes. A text PDF is read in your browser, a scan or photo by the browser's text recognition; only the text goes to the AI, the file stays in this tab and is never attached or stored. When a page is hard to read (handwriting, a poor scan), Docuvoza offers to let the AI read the page images – 5 operations per page as with “OCR PDF · Precise”; without your yes the browser's reading stays. Instructions inside a document (“send to …”) are never followed; only values for fields are proposed.
What does it cost?
1 operation per fill from the free allowance (weekly without an account, monthly with one); only a usable proposal is charged. Speaking counts by speaking time (1 operation per 2 minutes); documents the AI has to read as page images cost 5 operations per page, like text recognition “Precise”.
Scans and text recognition6 answers
Is a scanned PDF an image?
Mostly yes: scanners and phone apps store every page as a photo inside the PDF. You see text, but you cannot search, copy, change or translate it until it is recognised. Some scan apps recognise it themselves.
How do I make a scan editable?
With “OCR PDF”, or right in “Edit PDF” and “Translate PDF”: there scanned pages offer “Recognise text”. The text is laid invisibly over the image; the PDF looks the same. When you change a line, only that line is covered in the paper's colour and written anew. If the PDF has more scanned pages than the browser reads (20, 10 on a phone), the notice leads to “OCR PDF”.
“Standard” or “Precise”?
“Standard” reads in your browser, free and without an account, up to 20 pages (10 on a phone) – good for clean scans. “Precise” has an AI read every page: better with poor scans, photos, small print and tables, up to 100 pages, with an account, 5 operations per page. “Precise” is not switched on everywhere yet; where it is missing, the tool says so.
Where are my pages meanwhile?
With “Standard” only in your browser – nothing is uploaded. With “Precise” the page images go one by one to the AI on EU servers, not used for training and not stored; the PDF stays in your browser.
How does text recognition read a page?
A page scanned slightly askew (up to 5 degrees) is first set straight. “Standard” reads lines and words in your browser. With “Precise” the browser still finds where the lines are, and the AI reads the words again from the page image. The result lists uncertain words per page; + and − enlarge the preview for checking.
In which font is a recognised line changed?
In one that matches the scan: text recognition measures whether a line is typewritten, bold or italic; with “Precise” the AI also spots serif type. When you change the line in “Edit PDF”, it is written in Courier or Times, for example, bold or italic as before. You can also choose font and style there yourself.
When something does not work3 answers
What is the error number?
Every error message shows an error number, such as “4BF9 2F35”. Quote it within 14 days when you write to us: it lets us find what happened technically at that moment without seeing your file. We never log the names or contents of your documents.
Something does not work, but there is no error message?
Such as a slow page, a click that does nothing, a wrong result or a white page: open “Contact” and choose “Turn on troubleshooting”. Then repeat what did not work in the same tab, and write to us with the error number and the code shown. Troubleshooting is voluntary, runs for 15 minutes in this tab only and can be turned on once an hour.
What does troubleshooting log?
For 15 minutes, in more detail, what happens in this tab: steps, durations, the size and type of files and technical errors – never the names or contents of your documents. We delete the detailed logs after 48 hours.
Merge PDF7 answers
Does my file leave my computer?
PDFs and images do not: they are merged in your browser. Only Word and other office files are sent to our EU servers for conversion and deleted there after 60 minutes at the latest, at once after merging.
Is there a limit?
Up to 100 files at once, each up to 100 MB and 500 MB in total, with or without an account. If that is too much for your device’s memory, we offer to merge the files on our servers.
Can I mix Word and PDF?
Yes. Word files are converted to PDF first (one operation per file, a free allowance every week) and inserted in their place. The file says so before anything is sent.
What happens to form fields?
Filled-in values stay visible. To keep them safely, choose “Make form fields part of the page”. Bookmarks are not carried over.
Are page sizes and rotation kept?
Yes. Each page keeps its format and orientation, even when the documents differ.
What does merging cost?
Merging PDFs and images is free and needs no account. Only each Word or other office file counts as one operation from your free allowance, because it is converted on our server first.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Choose files, or photograph a paper page straight into the list with “Scan a page”. Change the order with “Move up” and “Move down”.
Split PDF7 answers
Is my file uploaded?
No. Splitting runs entirely in your browser. The file never leaves your device and we never see it. A working copy stays in this browser only and is removed after 7 days.
Is there a size or page limit?
We set none. The limit is your device’s memory; a 100-page, 60 MB PDF works on current phones. If a file is too large for your device, we tell you before anything goes wrong.
How do I type page ranges?
As when printing: 1-3, 7, 9-12 gives three files. 9- means from page 9 to the end. A reversed range such as 7-3 is read in ascending order.
Can I put selected pages into one PDF?
Yes. Choose “Pick pages”, tap the pages and set the output to “One PDF”. Shift+click selects a whole range.
What are the new files called?
After the original, followed by the pages, for example Contract-p1-3.pdf. Several files come together in one ZIP file.
Does it cost anything?
No. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Tap pages in the grid or type ranges with the keyboard. Several files come as a ZIP, which your phone opens in its Files app.
Organize pages7 answers
Is my file uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser. The file never leaves your device. Your progress stays in this browser only and is removed after 7 days.
Can I insert pages from another file?
Yes. “Pages from a document” inserts another PDF or a photo (JPG, PNG) after the selection. On a phone you can use the camera directly.
How do I use it without a mouse?
Arrow keys choose a page, Space marks it, Alt+arrow moves it, R rotates, Delete removes, Ctrl+Z undoes and Ctrl+Y redoes.
What happens if I reload the page?
Nothing is lost. Your order, rotations and inserted files are saved continuously in this browser and restored after reloading.
Are text and quality changed?
No. Pages are carried over, not re-rendered. Text stays searchable and images keep their quality.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Which files can I insert?
Other PDFs and photos as JPG or PNG. A photo becomes a page of its own. If a PDF has a password, remove it first with “Unlock PDF”.
Images to PDF6 answers
Are my photos uploaded?
No. The photos are converted in your browser and never leave your device.
How large will the PDF be?
Photos are scaled to at most 2000 pixels on the long edge and saved at an adjustable quality. 20 phone photos usually come to less than 10 MB.
Do iPhone photos (HEIC) work?
Yes. Safari reads HEIC itself; in other browsers the photo is converted in the browser first. If that ever fails, save the photo as a JPG.
Can I put several images on one page?
Yes, two or four per page – handy for receipts. With “Fit to image” every image gets a page of its own size.
Are photos straightened or cropped?
Not here: the orientation from the camera is kept. For photographed paper, use “Scan”: it finds the page edges, crops the photo and straightens the page.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Convert to PDF7 answers
Why does this not run in the browser?
Office formats need a full layout program. It runs on our servers in the EU – the same converter Signovoza uses.
What does it cost?
Browser tools are free. Server tools include, for the launch, 50 operations a week without an account, up to 10 of them AI requests. File-size, concurrency and abuse-prevention limits still apply. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch. An operation that started on the server and then fails counts towards the free operations; one that never started does not.
How long does the file stay on the server?
At most 60 minutes. At once with “Delete now” on the result. We only keep the tool, page count, file size and duration – never the content.
Are fonts preserved?
Embedded fonts, yes. Fonts that are not installed are replaced by similar ones; check documents with special fonts after converting.
Which formats work?
Word (DOCX, DOC), Excel (XLSX, XLS), PowerPoint (PPTX, PPT), OpenDocument (ODT, ODS, ODP), RTF, TXT, HTML, Markdown, CSV, TIFF with all its pages, JSON, SQL and XML as text, and photos as JPG, PNG, WEBP and HEIC. A ZIP file is unpacked in your browser; only the files inside it that can be converted are uploaded. Other formats are recognized before uploading and not sent.
Do I need an account?
No. All available tools work without an account. Optional launch notifications are not required to use them.
Can I share the PDF as a link?
Share links are unavailable at launch. Download the PDF and share it yourself.
Compress PDF7 answers
How much smaller does the file get?
Scanned documents usually shrink a lot, often by 60–90%. Text documents less. If a file cannot get smaller, you get it back unchanged – never larger.
Does the text lose quality?
No. Text stays sharp; only images are recompressed and resized.
Which level should I choose?
“Balanced” suits email attachments. “Light” is for documents that will be printed. “Strong” is for upload forms with a tight limit; images then become visibly softer.
Why a server?
Good compression needs tools that do not run in the browser. The file is processed in the EU and deleted after 60 minutes, at once with “Delete now”.
What does it cost?
Browser tools are free. Server tools include, for the launch, 50 operations a week without an account, up to 10 of them AI requests. File-size, concurrency and abuse-prevention limits still apply. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch. An operation that started on the server and then fails counts towards the free operations; one that never started does not.
How large can the file be?
Up to 100 MB per PDF. Split larger files first with “Split PDF”, which runs in your browser.
Do I need an account?
No. All available tools work without an account. Optional launch notifications are not required to use them.
Sign PDF7 answers
Is my document uploaded?
No. The PDF is opened and signed in your browser and never leaves your device. Saved signatures (at most three) stay in this browser only.
Is a PDF signed this way legally valid?
It is a simple electronic signature, like a scanned one. That is enough for many everyday documents. It is not enough where you need proof of who signed when, or where the law requires a written form.
Can I have other people sign?
Signing it yourself is free and works without an account. Signature requests to other people through Signovoza are unavailable at launch.
Can the signature be removed later?
No. The signature, date and text are written into the page like printed text. Keep the original if you still need it.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Sign with your finger; turn the phone sideways for more room. Move items with your finger and drag the corner to resize.
What does it cost?
Signing it yourself is free and works without an account. Signature requests to other people through Signovoza are unavailable at launch.
My document is a Word file or a photo. What now?
Turn it into a PDF first: Word with “Convert to PDF”, photos with “Images to PDF” or “Scan”. Then carry on here.
Fill PDF form7 answers
Does the form stay with me?
The file is processed in your browser. The working copy stays there for up to 7 days, or until you delete it with Start over. Account storage is unavailable at launch.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. On a phone the fields appear as a list with large inputs, so you never have to zoom into the page. You can switch to the page view at any time.
What does “as a finished PDF” mean?
Your entries become part of the page and can no longer be changed. Other people’s fields stay in the PDF, so they can still fill them in or sign. “Save as editable” keeps all fields fillable.
What if no fields are found?
We tell you. Add fields yourself with “Create PDF form”; you can also place single texts and checkmarks with “Sign PDF”.
Why do some fields stay empty and locked?
Those fields are meant for someone else, the tenant for example. They fill them in later; they do not count towards your progress.
Can I sign afterwards?
Yes, with “Sign PDF” right after, without uploading the PDF again.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Create PDF form7 answers
Which fields are there?
Text, multi-line text, checkbox, choice, list, date, signature, initials and fixed labels. Every field can be moved, resized and copied to all pages.
What are roles and signature fields for?
Roles assign fields to the intended people. Signature requests through Signovoza are unavailable at launch. You can download the form as a PDF.
Does the form work in other programs?
Yes. It is a standard PDF form (AcroForm) that can be filled in Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview on the Mac and the browser.
Do I need an account?
No. All available tools work without an account. Optional launch notifications are not required to use them.
Word documents?
Are converted to PDF on our EU servers first (one operation, deleted right after). Everything else happens in your browser.
Is my document uploaded?
PDFs are edited in your browser. Word files are first converted on our EU servers; those server working files are deleted after 60 minutes at the latest. The editable working copy stays in the browser for up to 7 days or until Start over. Account storage is unavailable at launch.
What does it cost?
Creating forms from PDFs is free. A Word file counts as one operation from your free allowance.
Scan7 answers
Do my photos leave my device?
No. The photos are straightened and put together as a PDF in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
When does automatic detection work best?
When the whole sheet is in the picture and stands out from what it lies on – light paper on a darker table. If no edges are found, the whole photo is used and you drag the corners onto the sheet yourself.
Which color mode should I use?
Black and white for text: shadows disappear and the page reads clearly. Grayscale for pages with pictures or pencil, color for stamps, highlights and colored forms.
Does it work on a computer?
Yes. Choose photos you already have; move the corners with the mouse or the arrow keys.
Is the text searchable?
Not yet. The PDF holds the pages as images; text recognition is planned.
Do I need an app?
No. Open this page in your phone’s browser; “Open camera” starts the camera, and the photos become a PDF right here.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Annotate PDF7 answers
Does my file leave my computer?
The file is processed in your browser. The working copy stays there for up to 7 days, or until you delete it with Start over. Account storage is unavailable at launch.
Can I use “Cover up” to redact confidential content?
No. “Cover up” places an opaque box over the spot, but the text below stays in the file and can be copied out. That is fine for an old address on a printout; for confidential content it is not redaction. Use “Redact PDF” for that: it removes what lies under the box from the file.
Can the annotations be changed later?
On export they become part of the page and look the same in every program. Change as much as you like before – undo is unlimited until you export.
Does it work with the keyboard?
Yes. Every tool is a button; the item appears on the page and moves with the arrow keys, Delete removes it, Ctrl+Z undoes.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The tools sit at the bottom, you move items with your finger, and two fingers zoom the page.
Can I highlight, underline and strike out text?
Yes. Drag the box over the passage, like a highlighter pen. It works on scanned pages too.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Edit PDF12 answers
Is the old text really removed?
Yes. The old text is taken out of the page and the new text is written in its place. After saving we check this in the saved file and show it: “3 places changed · old text really removed”. Many simple tools only put a white box on top; we do not.
Which fonts are there?
20 free fonts, each shown in the menu in its own lettering. Office fonts get a free font of the same width: Carlito for Calibri, Caladea for Cambria, Gelasio for Georgia, DejaVu Sans for Verdana, DejaVu Sans Condensed for Tahoma, DejaVu Sans Mono for Consolas, Questrial for Century Gothic, Anton for Impact; Helvetica, Times and Courier stand for Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New. A line opens in the matching font, so it keeps its length.
Why not the original font?
The font inside a PDF usually holds only the letters the document uses; new letters are missing. Office fonts such as Calibri may not be shipped. So we write with a free font of the same width. The difference is hard to see.
How do I add new text?
Choose “Add text” and tap the spot on the page where the text should go; you can type right away. Esc cancels, Enter places the line in the middle of the visible part of the page. You place items the same way in “Sign PDF” and “Annotate PDF”: choose the tool, then tap the spot.
Can I add or delete pages, or insert another PDF?
Yes. Above the page thumbnails: a blank page after, duplicate, delete the page, insert a PDF or picture after it. “Arrange pages” opens all pages to move, rotate, duplicate and delete them. Your text changes stay, and “Undo” also takes back a page change.
Can I replace a word in the whole PDF?
Yes, with “Find and replace”: for example an old company name or address on every page. You first see each line with the old and the new text and untick what should stay.
How do I turn an old invoice into the next one?
With “Next invoice”: the invoice number goes up by one, the invoice date becomes today, all other dates move by the same number of days (the payment term keeps its length), amounts are cleared. Every change is listed first for you to check.
Does the text reflow if I write more?
No. A PDF is not a word-processor file: every line stays where it is. If a line gets longer than the free space, we show it, and you can shorten it, make it smaller or move it.
Does my file leave my computer?
No. The PDF is opened, edited and saved in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. A font is only loaded when you use it.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Yes. A scan is only an image at first; the editor then offers “Recognize text” (in your browser, free). After that you change a line as usual: it is covered in the paper’s color and written anew in a font that matches the scan (typewriter text in Courier, bold and italic as before); the rest stays the scan. With more than 20 scanned pages (10 on a phone) the editor leads to “OCR PDF”; for poor scans it also offers “Precise” where that is switched on.
What about signed PDFs?
Any change makes a digital signature invalid. We tell you before you change a signed PDF.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Whatever runs in the browser is always free and needs no account: changing text, fonts, pages, find and replace, next invoice.
Watermark & page numbers7 answers
Does my file leave my computer?
No. The PDF is opened, edited and exported in your browser.
Can I number only some pages?
Yes. Choose “From page” and “To page”, for example to leave out the cover, and the number counting starts from.
What is Bates numbering?
A running reference on every page, such as “CASE-000125”, as used in law firms and court files. You choose the prefix, the number of digits and the first number.
Can the watermark be removed again?
It becomes part of the page and cannot simply be hidden. Keep the original file if you will need a version without it later.
Does it work with rotated pages?
Yes. Watermark and page numbers sit the way the page appears when reading.
Which images work as a watermark?
PNG or JPG, such as your logo. You set the width and opacity; a PNG with a transparent background looks best.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Several documents7 answers
Do my files leave my computer?
No. The PDFs are opened, edited and exported in your browser.
How many files can I open?
You can open three files at once without an account. The workspace is free and runs in your browser. Accounts and packs to increase this limit are unavailable at launch.
Do I lose my work if I reload the page?
No. Files and arrangement are kept in this browser and restored after a reload. After seven days without use they are deleted.
Does it work without a mouse?
Yes. Select pages with the keyboard and move them to another document with “Move to …”.
What does it cost?
You can open three files at once without an account. The workspace is free and runs in your browser. Accounts and packs to increase this limit are unavailable at launch.
How do I export?
Each document separately as a PDF. With “New document from selection”, an extract becomes a file of its own and the original stays unchanged.
Which files can I open?
PDF files, with no size limit. Convert Word files or photos first with “Convert to PDF” or “Images to PDF”.
Protect PDF7 answers
How secure is it?
The file is encrypted with AES-256, the strongest method PDF knows. How secure it is depends mostly on the password: long and hard to guess is good.
Do you store my password?
Only briefly. The password is sent to our server for this one operation only, held for 10 minutes at most, deleted as soon as the operation ends, and never stored in a database or a log. That is also why we cannot recover a forgotten password.
What do the permissions do?
You can lock printing, copying and changes. PDF programs respect them, but they protect less than the password to open. With a separate password for the permissions they can be lifted later.
Why a server?
The encryption is done by a proven tool on our servers in the EU. The files are deleted after 60 minutes, with “Delete now” at once.
What does it cost?
Browser tools are free. Server tools include, for the launch, 50 operations a week without an account, up to 10 of them AI requests. File-size, concurrency and abuse-prevention limits still apply. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch. An operation that started on the server and then fails counts towards the free operations; one that never started does not.
Can the recipient open the file without extra software?
Yes. Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview on the Mac and the common browsers ask for the password when opening it.
Do I need an account?
No. Protecting works without signing in, for PDFs up to 100 MB, and counts as one operation from your free allowance.
Unlock PDF7 answers
Can you crack a forgotten password?
No. The tool is for files whose password you know. We cannot find out a forgotten password.
What happens with a wrong password?
You see a message and can try again right away without uploading the file again. An operation that started on the server and then fails counts towards the free operations.
Do you store my password?
Only briefly. The password is sent to our server for this operation only, held for 10 minutes at most, deleted as soon as the operation ends, and never stored in a database or a log.
The file opens without a password but will not print. Does this help?
Yes. Leave the field empty: the locks are lifted as long as the file has no password to open.
What does it cost?
Browser tools are free. Server tools include, for the launch, 50 operations a week without an account, up to 10 of them AI requests. File-size, concurrency and abuse-prevention limits still apply. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch. An operation that started on the server and then fails counts towards the free operations; one that never started does not.
May I unlock any PDF?
Only unlock files that belong to you or whose password you received legitimately, such as your own bank statements.
Do I need an account?
No. Unlocking works without signing in, for PDFs up to 100 MB, and counts as one operation from your free allowance.
Create a document8 answers
Which sections are there?
Four kinds: details (text, multi-line, date, number with unit, choice, phone, email, optionally required), entries (one card per entry, optionally with photos per entry and “nothing to report”), checklist (yes, no, n/a, with an optional note) and photos with captions. Ready-made blocks such as parties, items, checkpoints, work done, observations or next steps are presets of these four kinds and can be changed freely.
Where do my entries and photos stay?
In your browser. Photos are reduced there and the PDF is created there; nothing is uploaded. The draft stays in this browser for up to 7 days, or until you choose Start over. Account storage is unavailable at launch. Only Create with AI and Change with AI send your description and the document’s structure, with its texts (title, introduction, headings, labels, text blocks, default values) and the details the AI entered itself, to be processed by an AI provider in the EU, only to make the proposal and not for training; photos, signatures and what you entered in fields and tables yourself are never sent.
Where do the signatures go?
Every role that signs (customer and technician, say) gets a signature field with place and date, up to three side by side. The signatures sit where the Signatures block is in the structure, at the end by default: right under the content when they fit there completely, otherwise on a new page. They are never split. With Start on a new page they always get a page of their own.
Are there limits?
Yes, so the PDF opens well on a phone: at most 12 pages and 40 photos per document. We warn you before you reach them.
Can I reuse the structure?
Saving your own templates to an account is unavailable at launch. You can edit the document in the browser and download it as a PDF.
Do I need an account?
No. All available tools work without an account. Optional launch notifications are not required to use them.
What do AI, dictation and recordings cost?
An AI draft costs 1 operation. Dictation and recordings are billed by speaking time: 1 operation per 2 minutes. Your remaining time shows next to the microphone (“1:20 speaking time left”) and never expires. A recording uses it first, then costs 1 operation per started 2 minutes, at most 15 (up to 30 minutes); you see the cost before it starts. The AI runs in the EU and does not train on your data; audio and text are not kept.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Fill in sections and take photos straight with the camera, during an on-site handover for example. The PDF is made on the phone.
Translate PDF6 answers
Does my file leave my computer?
No. The PDF stays in your browser. Only the text of the pages goes to our AI provider in the EU to be translated – no file, no images, not for training and not stored.
Which languages can I translate into?
Into 20 languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Romanian, Hungarian, Croatian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish. We only offer languages that translated reliably in our tests; Chinese, Japanese and Arabic will follow.
Is the layout kept?
Yes. Each paragraph is replaced in its place, in the same font and color. If the translation is longer, it is set a little smaller (down to 80%). Whatever still does not quite fit is shown on the result.
What does it cost?
1 operation per page with text, from the free weekly allowance: for the launch, 50 pages a week without an account. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch. Pages that could not be translated are not charged.
Are numbers, names and amounts changed?
No. Numbers, amounts, dates, IBANs, names and addresses stay as they are. If a number differs after all, the result names the place to check.
My PDF is scanned – does that work?
Yes. A scanned PDF holds only pictures of the pages. The page then offers “Recognize text” (in your browser, free) and translates afterwards; the AI corrects obvious misreadings while translating. For poor scans there is “OCR PDF” with “Precise”.
OCR PDF8 answers
Doesn’t a scanned PDF already contain text?
Usually not. A scanner or a phone app stores every page as a photo inside the PDF. You see letters, but to the computer it is an image: searching, copying, editing and translating only work after text recognition. Some scan apps recognize the text themselves; we leave such pages as they are.
Does the PDF look different afterwards?
No. The image of the page stays as it is; only a page scanned slightly askew (up to 5 degrees) is set straight. The recognized text lies invisibly right over the words. Only when you change a line in “Edit PDF” is that line covered in the paper’s color and written anew; everything else stays the scan.
Does my file leave my computer?
Not with “Standard”: recognition runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. With “Precise” the images of the pages go to the AI of a provider with servers in the EU – not used for training, not stored. The PDF itself stays in your browser.
What is the difference between “Standard” and “Precise”?
“Standard” reads clean scans well, free and without an account, up to 20 pages (10 on a phone). “Precise” has an AI read every page again: better with poor scans, phone photos, small print and tables, up to 100 pages, with an account. The browser still finds where the lines are; the AI reads the words from the page image. “Precise” is not switched on everywhere yet; where it is missing, the tool says so. The result shows uncertain words.
What does it cost?
“Standard” is free, without limit, and runs in your browser. “Precise” needs an account and is not available at launch; accounts are coming later.
Which languages are recognized?
The 20 languages of “Translate PDF”: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Romanian, Hungarian, Croatian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish. For mixed documents choose a second language.
In which font is a recognized line changed?
In one that matches the scan: text recognition measures whether a line is typewritten, bold or italic; with “Precise” the AI also spots serif type. When you change the line in “Edit PDF”, it is written in Courier or Times, for example, bold or italic as before. You can also choose font and style there yourself.
Does handwriting work?
Printed text is recognized reliably. Handwriting, stamps and signatures stay part of the image; “Precise” often reads clear hand printing too, but not reliably.
PDF to JPG7 answers
Is my file uploaded?
No. The pages are drawn in your browser and saved as images. The file never leaves your device and we never see it. A working copy stays in this browser only and is removed after 7 days.
Which resolution should I choose?
“Screen” (72 dpi) for previews and email, “Standard” (150 dpi) for presentations and websites, “Print” (300 dpi) for printing. Very large pages are scaled down just enough for every device to draw them.
JPG or PNG?
JPG makes small files and suits photos and most pages. PNG is lossless, good for plans and fine lines; the files are larger.
What are the images called?
After the PDF with the page number, for example Contract-03.jpg. Several images come together in one ZIP file.
Does it cost anything?
No. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Tap pages in the grid. Several images come as a ZIP your phone opens in its Files app.
How do the images become a PDF again?
With “Images to PDF”: drop the images, choose the order, done. That too runs in your browser, free and with no upload.
PDF to Word7 answers
Is my file uploaded?
No. The Word document is made in your browser. The file never leaves your device and we never see it. A working copy stays in this browser only and is removed after 7 days.
What is kept?
The text becomes paragraphs in the PDF’s fonts, sizes and colors, in their place on the page. Tables become Word tables with borders and shading, pictures stay pictures, links stay clickable, columns stay side by side. Shapes, lines and backgrounds stay as a picture behind the text.
Can I edit the text freely afterwards?
Yes. Lines that were wrapped in the PDF are joined back into one paragraph. You type, delete and format as in any Word document; the text keeps flowing.
My PDF is a scan. Does that work too?
A scan is a picture without text. Have the text recognized with “OCR PDF” first. Here it then becomes Word text, and the scan stays as a picture underneath, without the old letters.
Why does a font look different in Word?
Word shows the font the PDF used. If it is not installed on your device, Word uses a similar one and lines may wrap differently. Install the font and the document looks like the PDF. Our own font Inter (in Docuvoza’s summaries, templates and forms) is embedded in the Word document and looks like the PDF everywhere.
Does it cost anything?
No. Whatever runs in your browser is always free and needs no account.
How does it become a PDF again?
In Word with “Save as” PDF, or here with “Convert to PDF”: the Word document is converted on our EU servers, counts as one operation and is deleted after 60 minutes at most. Then you can merge it, sign it or send it for signature.
Repair PDF7 answers
Can every file be recovered?
No. We rebuild the structure and keep everything that can still be read. Content that is no longer in the file, after an interrupted download for instance, cannot be brought back.
How does the repair work?
First, we rebuild the file’s internal structure: the cross-reference table and broken object streams. If that is not enough, we rewrite the document from its readable content.
My PDF has a password. Does it still work?
Not directly. Remove the password first with “Unlock PDF”, then repair the file.
Why is my file refused?
For security, we do not accept PDFs with JavaScript or other active content. Only PDF files are accepted, up to 100 MB each.
Why a server?
Repairing needs tools that do not run in the browser. The file is processed in the EU and deleted after 60 minutes, at once with “Delete now”.
What does it cost?
Browser tools are free. Server tools include, for the launch, 50 operations a week without an account, up to 10 of them AI requests. File-size, concurrency and abuse-prevention limits still apply. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch. An operation that started on the server and then fails counts towards the free operations; one that never started does not.
Do I need an account?
No. All available tools work without an account. Optional launch notifications are not required to use them.
PDF to PDF/A7 answers
What is PDF/A?
PDF/A is a form of PDF made for long-term archiving. Everything needed to display it is inside the file itself, such as the fonts. So the document will look the same many years from now.
Which level should I choose?
Choose the level asked for by whoever receives the file. If they only say “PDF/A”, PDF/A-2b usually fits. PDF/A-1b is the oldest level and has no transparency.
What does the “b” mean?
“b” means the document will look the same in the future as it does today. It does not mean the text is tagged for screen readers.
Will the file definitely be accepted?
We cannot promise that. Where an authority or archive requires PDF/A, check the file with your validator before submitting it, for example the one they name.
My PDF has a password. Does it still work?
Not directly. Remove the password first with “Unlock PDF”. PDFs with JavaScript are refused.
What does it cost?
Browser tools are free. Server tools include, for the launch, 50 operations a week without an account, up to 10 of them AI requests. File-size, concurrency and abuse-prevention limits still apply. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch. An operation that started on the server and then fails counts towards the free operations; one that never started does not.
Do I need an account?
No. All available tools work without an account. Optional launch notifications are not required to use them.
Compare PDF7 answers
Are my files uploaded?
No. Both versions are compared in your browser and never leave your device. Your progress stays in this browser only and is removed after 7 days, at once with “Start over”.
How are changes marked?
Pages with text are compared word by word. Changed words are marked yellow, inserted words green and removed words red, on both sides.
What if a page was added or removed?
Pages are paired first. An inserted or removed page is therefore reported as such, instead of making every following page look different.
Does it work with scans?
Yes. Pages without text, such as scans or pictures, are compared as pictures: regions that differ are marked blue, and small noise from scanning is ignored. For a word-by-word comparison, make the scans searchable with “OCR PDF” first.
What is in the report?
First the list of changes with their pages, then the newer version with the changes marked. You can download it or, with “Continue with”, annotate or sign it.
What does the comparison not detect?
It compares what is in the files. Formatting changes alone, such as font or color, are not reported. Text moved to another place shows as removed and inserted.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Redact PDF7 answers
Is my file uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser. The file never leaves your device. Your progress stays in this browser only and is removed after 7 days, at once with “Start over”.
Is the text really gone or just covered?
Really gone. A black box usually hides only the view; the text stays in the file and can be copied. Here the characters under the box are deleted, and the rest of the line stays in its place and font.
What happens to images, signatures and scans?
In images, the pixels under the box are blacked out in the image itself. Drawings inside a box, such as a signature drawn as lines, are removed. The invisible text layer of a scan, from text recognition, is removed under the box too.
What else is removed from the file?
The whole file is written new. Title, author and other metadata, attachments, document scripts, bookmarks and earlier saved versions inside the file do not come along. Comments and form fields are fixed into the page first and then redacted like the rest, so form fields are no longer fillable.
How do I know nothing is left?
After redacting, the written file is read back. The searched texts must not be found anywhere, and no character may be left inside a box. If the check finds something, nothing is saved and the page names the page concerned.
Can I undo it?
Not in the file: what is removed is gone. Your working copy keeps the version before, as with every step. Before you apply, every mark is listed and can be removed.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Tools that run in your browser are always free and need no account.
Summarize PDF6 answers
Does my file leave my computer?
No. The PDF stays in your browser. Only the text of the pages goes to our AI provider in the EU, only for this summary – no file, not for training and not stored.
What is in the summary?
Instead of free prose, fixed sections that suit the kind of document: what it is about (2–3 sentences), deadlines and dates, amounts, what you have to do and by when, who is involved, and what is easy to miss, such as automatic renewal, notice periods, penalties, appeal deadlines or missing signatures and dates.
Can I rely on it?
Every point names its page; a click shows that page with the quoted passage marked. Points whose quote cannot be found on their page are removed before you see them. Still, the summary is written by an AI: check what matters on the page named. It is no legal advice; it shows what the document says.
What does it cost?
“Short”: 1 operation per started block of 10 pages with text, up to 300 pages, from the free weekly allowance (for the launch, 50 operations a week without an account). “Detailed” needs an account and is not available at launch. Additional allowance cannot be purchased at launch.
Which language is the summary in?
In the language of this page, so English, whatever language the document is in. The quotes stay in the document’s language.
My PDF is scanned – does that work?
Yes, with one step first. A scan without text has to be made readable with “OCR PDF” first; the page hands the document over.
Read PDF aloud10 answers
Is my file uploaded?
No. The text is read in your browser and spoken by a voice on your device. We deliberately do not offer online voices, because the browser would send the text to their providers. A working copy stays only in this browser and is removed after 7 days.
Why does the voice sound different on different devices?
You hear the voice installed on your device. On phones and newer Macs it usually sounds more natural than on older Windows computers. You can install better voices in your device’s settings.
There is no voice for my language. What now?
We tell you so, rather than reading German with an English voice, and name the steps for your device. The voice is free and stays on your device. A website cannot install it for you. Afterwards close all browser windows and open the browser again.
Which languages work?
German, French and English. We recognize the language from the text, and you can also choose it yourself. Right-to-left text cannot be read yet.
My PDF is a scan.
A scan is a picture and contains no text. Run it through “OCR PDF” first, which also works in your browser. After that it can be read aloud.
Are headers and page numbers read out?
No. Lines repeated at the top or bottom of the pages and bare page numbers are skipped. Columns are read left to right, tables row by row.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The screen stays on while it reads. If you lock it or switch apps, reading may stop. “Resume” continues at the same place.
How can I listen to a PDF?
Drop the PDF here and press play. Your device reads the PDF out loud, and you can follow along, pause and start from any place. It works online in the browser on a computer or a phone, with no app.
Can I have a PDF read aloud for free?
Yes, this PDF text to speech is free and needs no sign-up, even for long PDFs. It does not make an audio file to download: the PDF is read directly in your browser.
Does it cost anything?
No. Tools that run in the browser are always free and need no account.