microsoft / microsoft/markitdown
Should tell you when there is a missing dependency
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Description
Problem
so i have been trying to get jpg and png's to OCR, they just result in blank .md files
i get nothing from the exe that tells me what is wrong.
it should say what dependency it is missing.
jpg solution
after an hour with copilot we figured out that ExifTool was missing for jpg. installing it with [all] isnt really all
i am on windows using ps7 terminal and i am running Python 3.14.3.
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No files or tests are named in the issue. Reproduce JPG and PNG OCR on Windows with Python 3.14.3, then inspect how missing optional dependencies and the [all] installation extra are handled. Done means the executable identifies the missing dependency instead of silently producing blank Markdown files.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
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- Mostly clear
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- 48/100