Convert image-rich PDFs to Markdown with an optional model-powered OCR plugin
At a glance
MarkItDown documents an OCR plugin that accepts the same model-client configuration used for image descriptions and adds OCR during file conversion. This workflow is listed under builder, document-processing, ocr.
Agents / tools
MarkItDown, markitdown-ocr, OpenAI-compatible model client
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