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Universal PDF Vision Parser by modbender

Name: Universal PDF Vision Parser
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: modbender

Universal PDF Vision Parser

Extract multilingual document content and language learning notes (French, German, Japanese, Spanish, etc.) from PDFs using multimodal vision (Qwen-VL-Max). This skill converts PDF pages to high-res images and 'sees' the content to produce perfectly structured, high-readability Markdown.

modbender 73814f2 2 files · 5.4 KB Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

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Universal PDF Vision Parser Skill

Version: 0.1

This skill is a high-end multilingual document digitizer. It uses multimodal vision to 'look' at each PDF page, making it perfect for language learning notes, bilingual documents, and complex layouts that standard OCR fails to capture.

Prerequisites

DashScope API Key: A valid key from Alibaba Cloud Bailian with qwen-vl-max access.
Environment:

pip install pymupdf dashscope

Usage

Basic Command

python scripts/vision_parse.py --pdf <path_to_pdf> --out <path_to_output.md> --api-key <YOUR_API_KEY> --max-pages 2

--max-pages: (Optional) Max pages to process. Defaults to 2. Set to -1 for all pages.

Agentic Workflow

Visual Scanning: Converts PDF pages to 300 DPI PNGs.
Expert Transcription: Qwen-VL-Max identifies the language and transcribes terms, translations, and explanations.
Markdown Structuring: Automatically formats content with bold keywords, italicized meanings, and clean tables.

Examples

User: "Convert this German-Chinese note to markdown: notes.pdf"

Agent Action:

python scripts/vision_parse.py --pdf notes.pdf --out notes.md

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