Question 1

Is DocBrisk free?

Accepted Answer

Yes for almost everything. 47 of the 56 tools are free with no signup, no page limits and no watermark. DocBrisk Pro costs ₹99 a month and adds 9 advanced tools, including OCR, mail merge, batch processing and smart redaction, plus 20 more resume templates. Every free account can try OCR, Mail Merge and the Dashboard Maker's Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI exports 3 times.

Question 2

Are my documents uploaded to a server?

Accepted Answer

No. All processing happens inside your browser using client-side JavaScript. Your files are read from disk into browser memory and written back out as a download — they are never transmitted. The single exception is Translate PDF, which sends extracted text (not your file) to a public translation service, and says so on the tool page.

Question 3

Can I edit the existing text in a PDF?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In the PDF Editor choose Edit text, click any line and type. DocBrisk matches the size, colour and font style, removes the original words from the page itself and checks the result pixel by pixel before saving. On scanned pages, or where a font makes in-place removal unsafe, the old line is covered with a matching background colour instead, and the export tells you which lines were handled that way. Replacement text uses the closest standard font: Helvetica, Times or Courier.

Question 4

How is your redaction different from drawing a black box?

Accepted Answer

Pages containing redactions are rasterised to an image with the black boxes permanently burned in, then re-embedded. The original text objects are discarded entirely, so nothing can be selected, searched, copied or recovered from the exported file.

Question 5

Which languages does the translator support?

Accepted Answer

Thirty-five languages including Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Swahili. Right-to-left scripts are handled correctly in the Word output.

Question 6

Does compressing a PDF keep the text selectable?

Accepted Answer

Yes. DocBrisk recompresses only the photos and scans inside the PDF and cleans up the file structure, so text, links, bookmarks and form fields stay exactly as they were. Pages are turned into images only if you ask for a size the file cannot otherwise reach and leave "Flatten pages if needed" ticked, and the result tells you when that happened.

Question 7

Can I use this on my phone?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The interface is fully responsive and the tools work in mobile browsers. Very large documents may be slower on phones, since all processing uses your device's own memory and processor.

Question 8

Do you support scanned PDFs?

Accepted Answer

Use the OCR Scanner for image-only or scanned documents. It recognises text in 15 languages and outputs selectable, copyable text you can paste anywhere.

Question 9

Can I print my Aadhaar card front and back on one page?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The ID Card tool places the front and back either stacked vertically or side by side at exact 85.6 x 54 mm card size, with cut guides, on A4, A5, US Letter or 4x6 paper. Print at 100% scale rather than fit-to-page so the card comes out true size.

Question 10

How do I make a passport photo under 100 KB?

Accepted Answer

In the Photo Studio's Export tab, set a KB cap. The tool reduces JPEG quality step by step until the file fits the limit, which is what most government and university portals require.

Question 11

Can I install DocBrisk and use it without internet?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In Chrome or Edge choose "Install app" or "Add to Home screen", and on an iPhone use Share, then "Add to Home Screen". DocBrisk then opens like an app. Tools you have opened once keep working offline; a few, such as Translate PDF and the first use of OCR in a new language, need a connection.

Question 12

Which tools are made for Indian forms?

Accepted Answer

Compress a PDF or a photo to an exact KB limit, the exam photo and signature resizer for SSC, Railway, IBPS, UPSC, NEET and JEE, Aadhaar and PAN card printing, the marriage biodata maker in Hindi, English, Marathi and Gujarati, leave and bank applications in Hindi and English, the GST calculator and invoice maker, salary slips, rent receipts for HRA, and the GSTIN, PAN and Aadhaar format checkers.

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