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PDF to text and PDF to Markdown converter with OCR for scanned PDFs (27 languages). Also DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, EPUB and images to text. LLM-ready. $0.003/document + $0.0003/text page (first 30 only) or $0.002/OCR page. Input: {"url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762"}.

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PDF to Text & Markdown API with OCR for Scanned PDFs API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use PDF to Text & Markdown OCR — Scanned PDF, DOCX, PPTX to Text locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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