Open-source PDF layout analysis running entirely in the browser

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Open-source PDF layout analysis running entirely in the browser is a business in show hn launch.

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Hi HN, creator of EmbedPDF here.I recently posted my open-source PDF viewer here, and one thing I really value is that it runs completely offline. I started wondering if we could push that further: could we do full ML layout analysis (detecting tables, headers, columns) directly in the browser?To my surprise, it actually works.The catch: It is far from production-ready. It crashes on most phones, and on older computers, it can be incredibly slow.The why: I believe the future of document processing is local. Many users work with sensitive documents (bank statements, legal contracts) and simply do not want to upload them to a cloud endpoint just to parse a table or analyze layout.This is a pro

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