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HEIC → PDF

Convert HEIC to PDF.

Turn an iPhone HEIC photo into a PDF with a searchable OCR text layer — ideal for a photographed document, receipt or whiteboard you need to share, print or file.

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No signupPrivate — deleted after 1 hourFree to try

How it works

  1. 01

    Upload your HEIC

    Drop a photo straight from your iPhone or Mac. Private by default.

  2. 02

    Decode + OCR

    We decode the HEIC and read any text with Tesseract, a best-in-class open-source OCR engine — no paid API in the loop.

  3. 03

    Download or hand off

    Grab your PDF, or open it in TranscriptAI to summarize or take notes.

Made for iPhone photos of documents

Searchable, selectable text via Tesseract 5 OCR

Private uploads, auto-deleted after 1 hour

No watermark, no signup to try

Free and open-source engine

Direct handoff to TranscriptAI

Next step

Your file is ready. Want to do more with it?

Open this file in TranscriptAI to generate a transcript, summary, structured notes, flashcards, quiz questions or action items — automatically.

TranscriptSummaryNotesFlashcardsQuizAction items
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Common questions

Is it free?+

Yes — convert HEIC to PDF free. Paid plans add larger files, batch and priority.

Why won't my HEIC open elsewhere?+

HEIC is Apple's format and many tools can't read it. FileWhirl decodes it for you and produces a universally shareable PDF.

Will the text be selectable?+

Yes — any text in the photo is read with Tesseract OCR and added as an invisible, selectable layer over the page, so the PDF is searchable.

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