Extract text from a government PDF form as Markdown
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Pulls the instructions and field labels out of an official PDF form and returns them as Markdown, so an agent or script can read the form without a PDF library. This example converts the IRS W-9 form. Replace the URL with any public PDF form or notice.
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The government PDF form task returns the form's text as Markdown, with its headings, instructions and field labels in reading order, plus the source URL.
No. The government PDF form task only extracts the text of a PDF. It doesn't fill in or submit forms.
A scanned PDF has no text layer, so the government PDF form task returns little or no text for it. The task doesn't run OCR.