@jerryjliu0: LiteParse, our OSS document parser, is really good at parsing complex PDF layouts, text, and tables into a clean spatia…
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LiteParse is an open-source, heuristic-based PDF parser that quickly converts complex layouts, text, and tables into a clean spatial grid without relying on ML models.
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LiteParse, our OSS document parser, is really good at parsing complex PDF layouts, text, and tables into a clean spatial grid. The best part is it doesn’t use VLMs or any ML models at all. It’s entirely heuristics based and super fast The secret lies in our sophisticated
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