microsoft / microsoft/markitdown
When trying to convert a German pdf. I get this Error:
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Description
When trying to convert a German pdf. I get this Error:
UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2212' in position 15215: character maps to <undefined>
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No file, test, or entry point is named in the report. Start by reproducing PDF conversion with a German document containing the reported − character and trace the UnicodeEncodeError; done means the conversion completes without this encoding failure.
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