Fix OCR & Broken Fax Text — Instantly

How to Fix OCR & Broken Fax Text

This tool repairs common OCR (optical character recognition) errors that occur when scanning faxes, PDFs, or printed documents. It rejoins characters that were incorrectly split by spaces, repairs codes, and restores proper formatting.

Step 1 — Paste Your Garbled Text

Copy the messy text from your scanned document, fax, or PDF. Paste it into the input box above.

Step 2 — Text Is Cleaned Automatically

As you paste, the tool applies your selected fixes: merging broken words, fixing codes, repairing dollar amounts, normalizing dates, collapsing extra spaces, and trimming lines. The cleaned version appears instantly on the right.

Step 3 — Copy or Download the Result

Once cleaned, copy the text to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file. Use it in your EHR, billing software, or Excel.

Common OCR Artifacts This Tool Repairs

Who Uses This Tool

Common Tasks This Tool Solves

• Fix patient names like “J o h n D o e” → “John Doe”
• Repair CPT codes like “9 9 2 1 3 – 2 5” → “99213-25”
• Clean ICD‑10 codes like “E 1 1 . 9” → “E11.9”
• Fix HCPCS codes like “A 0 4 2 8” → “A0428”
• Repair NDC codes like “1 2 3 4 5 – 6 7 8 9 – 0 1” → “12345-6789-01”
• Fix dollar amounts like “$ 1 2 5 0 . 0 0” → “$1250.00”
• Normalize dates like “0 1 / 0 1 / 1 9 8 5” → “01/01/1985”
• Remove excessive spaces from fax headers

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