Veil: Open-Source Tool for Dark Mode PDFs with Image OCR and Privacy
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simoneamico
More crust than filling. Mostly air.
Summary
Veil is an open-source tool that enables dark mode PDF viewing while preserving image quality and adds OCR functionality to make text within images (like chart labels, axis numbers, figure captions) selectable and copyable. The tool emphasizes privacy by not using AI and keeping all processing local.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledVeil scans images inside your document and makes their text selectable.
Chart labels, axis numbers, figure captions. Copy them like any other text.
Open source, no AI, 100% Private.
The text in your document is selectable. The text trapped inside images isn't. Until now.
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