I built a local PDF-to-Markdown converter so you don't have to burn LLM tokens.
A developer has created LiteDoc, a free, client-side tool designed to convert PDFs into Markdown format, thereby reducing the number of tokens required when processing documents with large language models. The tool operates entirely within the user's browser, extracting text, isolating images, and structuring the content into clean Markdown, while also handling complex elements like LaTeX math and Arabic text. By converting PDFs locally, LiteDoc bypasses the token-intensive rasterization process typically used by models like Claude and ChatGPT, significantly cutting down on token usage and associated costs. AI
IMPACT Reduces LLM token consumption for PDF processing, potentially lowering costs for users and encouraging more document analysis.