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Dokumente in Markdown konvertieren: Guides und Einblicke

Praktische Artikel zu Dokumentkonvertierung, Markdown-Workflows und Local-first-Tools.

A document dropped into a Markdown conversion interface, with no command line or terminal in sight
Guides

Converting Documents to Markdown Without Touching a Terminal: The Complete Guide for Non-Developers

MarkItDown is an excellent conversion engine, but it requires a terminal and Python. Here's how to use it without coding, with an interface, and how to choose between the two depending on your profile.

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A confidential document converted locally on a machine, with the note no file sent to the cloud
Privacy

Converting confidential documents without the cloud: the 100% local method

Legal, accounting, healthcare: your documents shouldn't go to the cloud. Here's how to convert them to Markdown and JSON, 100% locally, and where the real limits are.

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A scanned PDF turned into clean Markdown, with Sygal's token counter shown next to it
Guides

Convert a scanned PDF to Markdown for AI: cost and method

A scanned PDF or an image is expensive for an AI to read. Here's why, and how to convert it to clean Markdown to cut tokens on those specific cases.

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Various formats (PDF, Word, web page) normalized into a single Markdown and JSON output for a RAG pipeline
RAG & AI

Preparing your documents for a RAG pipeline: clean Markdown and JSON

A RAG pipeline is only as good as the documents you feed it. Here's how to normalize any format into usable Markdown and JSON, locally.

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Sygal logo and portrait of Cyrill Semah, with the title Convert your documents to Markdown for AI in French and English
Guides

Why convert your documents to Markdown before feeding them to an AI

A raw PDF, Word file or scan is expensive for an AI to read and breaks the content's structure. Here's why converting to Markdown changes everything, and how to do it without the cloud.

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