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Simple PDF Text Extraction

Extracting text data from Text-based PDFsHere we show 2 ways to extract text from text-based PDFs. If neither of these methods work, you maybe dealing with an image-based PDF which requires OCR first. To OCR in KNIME you can use theTess4J node (only works on Windows-based machines). PDF parser which returns a Document typeTransform Document type to String typeAlternative PDF Parser which returns a String typeDisplay PDFs ininteractive viewTika Parser outputs many columns,let's focus on the text which is "Content"Display PDFs ininteractive viewPDF Parser Document DataExtractor Tika Parser Table View Column Filter Table View Extracting text data from Text-based PDFsHere we show 2 ways to extract text from text-based PDFs. If neither of these methods work, you maybe dealing with an image-based PDF which requires OCR first. To OCR in KNIME you can use theTess4J node (only works on Windows-based machines). PDF parser which returns a Document typeTransform Document type to String typeAlternative PDF Parser which returns a String typeDisplay PDFs ininteractive viewTika Parser outputs many columns,let's focus on the text which is "Content"Display PDFs ininteractive viewPDF Parser Document DataExtractor Tika Parser Table View Column Filter Table View

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