Markdown is the lingua franca of notes, documentation, and AI. PDF to Markdown extracts content in that format.
What we detect
- Headings (font size and weight analysis)
- Paragraphs
- Lists (numbered, bulleted)
- Tables
- Code blocks (monospace detection)
- Blockquotes (indentation)
- Links (annotation layer)
- Images (extracted as separate files)
Common uses
- **Notion/Obsidian** — import research papers
- **LLM workflows** — feed clean text to GPT/Claude
- **Documentation** — convert PDF specs to Markdown
- **Blog publishing** — extract content from PDFs
Quality tips
- Text PDFs extract perfectly
- Scanned PDFs → run OCR first
- Complex layouts may need manual cleanup
Privacy
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