{"slug":"pdftext","domain":"documents","title":"PDF text","summary":"A PDF's text as markdown, with a readability check that runs without extracting.","help":"pdftext: a PDF's text, as markdown.\n\nUSAGE\n  pdftext [-i] FILE...\n\nRETURNS\n  Markdown on stdout. With `-i`, reports how readable each file is and\n  extracts nothing: worth spending on a scanned document before spending a\n  whole pass on text that turns out not to be there.\n\nDOES NOT COVER\n  Optical character recognition. A PDF that is images of text has no text, and\n  `-i` is how you find that out cheaply.","example_command":"pdftext -i /dropbox/reports/*.pdf","example_output":"/dropbox/reports/2025-q1.pdf   readable (12 pages, 41k chars)\n/dropbox/reports/scan-04.pdf   no extractable text (likely scanned)","cost_class":"cached-read","tier":"free","price_per_1k_calls":0,"price_is_from":false,"status":"available","commands":["pdftext"],"default_enabled":true,"first_seen":"2026-09-09T04:30:35.160951Z","enabled":false}