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Fix PDF Table Duplication in RAG Pipelines with Bounding-Box Masking
PDF parsers often extract table data twice, causing token waste and layout confusion in RAG pipelines. A bounding-box masking approach detects table coordinates, converts them to Markdown, and filters duplicates. The author offers free APIs on RapidAPI to implement this solution.
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This is a practical fix for a common RAG pain point, but the article doubles as a promotion for the author's APIs.
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