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PDF to XML
PDF to XML locally in your browser, without uploading the document.
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- Works offline
Your files are processed locally in your browser and are never sent to our servers.
Select the pages whose content should be converted to XML. All pages are selected by default.
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Recommended size: up to 100 MB
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Why use this tool?
Convert a PDF containing selectable text with Bethemesh’s shared structured extraction engine. Processing stays local in your browser and scanned documents are not OCRed.
Smart processing
Process PDF documents easily with operations suited to their structure.
Supported formats
Imported PDF files and downloadable results depending on the selected operation.
Save time
Get a clean, ready-to-use result in seconds without installing software or configuring a complex workflow.
Fonctionnement
How does this tool work?
The PDF.js engine extracts text fragments, coordinates and dimensions once. Bethemesh then reconstructs lines, reading order and probable tables into a shared intermediate document model. The selected format serializer transforms that model without reading or interpreting the PDF again. This architecture is shared with PDF to Markdown so extraction improvements benefit every conversion.
Use cases
PDF to XML
Convert a PDF containing selectable text with Bethemesh’s shared structured extraction engine. Processing stays local in your browser and scanned documents are not OCRed.
Keep documents private
The file stays in your browser: no PDF is uploaded to a server.
Reuse document content
The PDF.js engine extracts text fragments, coordinates and dimensions once. Bethemesh then reconstructs lines, reading order and probable tables into a shared intermediate document model. The selected format serializer transforms that model without reading or interpreting the PDF again. This architecture is shared with PDF to Markdown so extraction improvements benefit every conversion.
Guide
How to use this tool
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Import your local PDF.
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Select the pages you need.
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PDF to XML — locally in your browser.
Tips and best practices
- The file stays in your browser: no PDF is uploaded to a server.
- An image-only PDF requires OCR. This conversion does not invent text when no text layer is available.
- The PDF.js engine extracts text fragments, coordinates and dimensions once. Bethemesh then reconstructs lines, reading order and probable tables into a shared intermediate document model. The selected format serializer transforms that model without reading or interpreting the PDF again. This architecture is shared with PDF to Markdown so extraction improvements benefit every conversion.
Frequently asked questions
How does this conversion work?
The PDF.js engine extracts text fragments, coordinates and dimensions once. Bethemesh then reconstructs lines, reading order and probable tables into a shared intermediate document model. The selected format serializer transforms that model without reading or interpreting the PDF again. This architecture is shared with PDF to Markdown so extraction improvements benefit every conversion.
Is the file uploaded?
The file stays in your browser: no PDF is uploaded to a server.
Are scanned PDFs supported?
An image-only PDF requires OCR. This conversion does not invent text when no text layer is available.
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