Burkov builds near-perfect OCR pipeline turning papers and textbooks into Markdown
burkov · x · 2026-09-10
Andriy Burkov says his ChapterPal OCR pipeline is virtually perfect: it handles scientific articles and textbooks, outputting Markdown with illustrations, complex tables (down to the original LaTeX), and LaTeX equations. As a solo developer with limited validation resources, he invites users to stress-test challenging PDFs via the Premium OCR option, with a 7-day free trial available.
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