PDF to Text
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+ GPT-5, Claude, Gemini
Drop a PDF — AI converts it into clean GitHub-flavored Markdown with headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, and code blocks all preserved. Powered by IBM Granite-Docling-258M (Apache 2.0). Faster + smarter than plain text extraction.
Extracting layout-aware Markdown… ~5-10 sec/page
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Convert PDFs to clean plain text without breaking the structure. Headings stay headings, tables stay tables. Free, AI-powered, no email required.
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PDF to Text on Free.ai delivers comparable quality to paid services using the latest open-source AI models. We believe powerful AI should be accessible to everyone.
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