PDF Craft

Open-source scanned PDF conversion and translation

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Open-source scanned PDF conversion and translation

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Turn scanned PDFs into EPUBs for reading and Markdown for editing. Translate PDF and EPUB documents, with bilingual EPUBs that place each translation after the original passage. Set preferred translations for names and technical terms. PDF Craft is an open-source PDF converter with an official online service: use it in your browser or build with the code on GitHub.

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Launch tags:eBook Reader•GitHub•Books

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Update — November 6, 2026

Quick update for anyone coming across this launch: you can find PDF Craft at https://pdfcraft.ai.

Beyond converting scanned PDFs, you can also translate PDFs and EPUBs and create bilingual ebooks, with the translation after each original passage.

Still open source, and available to use in your browser. What book would you try it with?

For current pricing, see https://pdfcraft.ai/en/recharge/.

About the original launch

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We built PDF Craft to solve a frustrating problem: converting scanned PDFs, especially books and papers with math formulas, into readable ebooks.

• Convert scanned PDFs to EPUB or Markdown.
• Recover text and document structure with OCR.
• Use the MIT-licensed PDF Craft library in your own tools.

GitHub: https://github.com/oomol-lab/pdf...

Thanks for trying PDF Craft and sharing your feedback!

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PDF Craft update: translation and bilingual EPUBs

When we last shared PDF Craft here, we focused on turning scanned PDFs into EPUBs and Markdown. Here s a closer look at translation and bilingual reading in PDF Craft.

You can translate PDFs and EPUBs, and choose a bilingual EPUB when you want to keep the original text. Each original passage is followed by its translation, so you can check a difficult paragraph without finding the same spot in a separate file.

A few practical details:

Bilingual or translation-only: keep both languages for comparison, or choose just the translation for uninterrupted reading.
Names and terminology: add instructions before translating for example, Keep character names in English. These guide the translation, so it s still worth checking important passages.
Read in your own reader: download the EPUB and open it in a compatible reading app. You don t need the PDF Craft desktop app.

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When we last shared PDF Craft here, we focused on turning scanned PDFs into EPUBs and Markdown. Here s a closer look at translation and bilingual reading in PDF Craft.

A few practical details:

Bilingual or translation-only: keep both languages for comparison, or choose just the translation for uninterrupted reading.
Names and terminology: add instructions before translating for example, Keep character names in English. These guide the translation, so it s still worth checking important passages.
Read in your own reader: download the EPUB and open it in a compatible reading app. You don t need the PDF Craft desktop app.