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Making Data Usable

Turning documents, images, tables, and application data into something an AI system can search and query.

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Short examples with documents, images, tables, and other messy sources.

Turn a Grouped Bar Chart Into CSV With a VLM

Turn a Grouped Bar Chart Into CSV With a VLM

2026-07-29

Make a Static PDF Fillable with commonforms

Make a Static PDF Fillable with commonforms

2026-07-26

Choose OCR Models From the Product Failure

Choose OCR Models From the Product Failure

2026-07-24

When OCR Moves a Cell Into the Header

When OCR Moves a Cell Into the Header

2026-07-23

Extract Handwritten Tables With Structure Intact

Extract Handwritten Tables With Structure Intact

2026-07-22

Check OCR Labels and Values Together

Check OCR Labels and Values Together

2026-07-21

How to Preserve Grouped Headers in a Scanned Table

How to Preserve Grouped Headers in a Scanned Table

2026-07-20

How to Extract a Scanned Table Without a Text Layer

How to Extract a Scanned Table Without a Text Layer

2026-07-19

Why Datasheet OCR Needs Product-Specific Evals

Why Datasheet OCR Needs Product-Specific Evals

2026-07-18

How to Extract IRS Tax Tables Without Losing the Formula

How to Extract IRS Tax Tables Without Losing the Formula

2026-07-17

Plain Text Loses the Structure in Tesla’s Revenue Table

Plain Text Loses the Structure in Tesla’s Revenue Table

2026-07-16

Why Plain Text Breaks Financial Tables

Why Plain Text Breaks Financial Tables

2026-07-15

Avoid PyMuPDF Licensing Issues

Avoid PyMuPDF Licensing Issues

2026-07-03

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