microsoft / microsoft/markitdown

Pdf file conversion not wokring when pdf file is non scanable

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Description

is therea any plan to add support for this.when pdf is not scnable its not working.

looking for something like this
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched

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No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by tracing the existing PDF conversion path and researching how OCRmyPDF could support non-scanned PDFs; done should mean those PDFs convert successfully with searchable OCR text while existing PDF conversion remains working.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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