PDF Text Extractor: PDF and Image to Text, with OCR
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from $2.80 / 1,000 pdfs
Turn PDFs and images into clean text and Markdown for AI, RAG and search. Paste links (Google Drive and Dropbox too) or a page that links to PDFs. Get headings, pages, chunks, links, form fields and metadata. OCR for scans and images. $4 per 1,000 PDFs.
You can access the PDF Text Extractor: PDF and Image to Text, with OCR programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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