@Ryrenz: Throwing PDFs directly into large models? Tables get garbled, formulas break, and scanned documents can't even be read. These 5 tools help you convert documents into a clean format that AI can digest. 1. Stirling-PDF — All-in-one local PDF toolbox, 85k stars. Merge, split, compress, add watermarks, convert formats, dozens of operations…
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This article introduces 5 open-source tools for converting documents into AI-readable formats: Stirling-PDF, MinerU, docling, marker, and OCRmyPDF, respectively targeting PDF editing, complex document conversion to Markdown, structured document output, high-precision PDF to Markdown, and OCR for scanned documents.
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