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 "generated": "2026-10-23",
 "id": "sobranie2406-modureader--read-scanned-pdfs-with-auto-crop",
 "repo": "sobranie2406/modureader",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/sobranie2406/modureader",
 "repo_slug": "sobranie2406-modureader",
 "title": "Read scanned PDFs with cleaner, larger pages",
 "page_title": "How to read scanned PDFs with cleaner, larger pages with Modureader",
 "summary": "Auto-crop margins and enhance scanned PDF pages in the reader, without changing the original file.",
 "who": "A reader with scanned PDF or image-only books who finds the pages too small, too grey or full of wasted margins on a phone or e-ink screen.",
 "problem": "Scanned pages often have large blank borders, faint text and scan marks that make them hard to read on a small screen.",
 "outcome": "Pages show with trimmed margins, adjusted contrast and sharpening, while the original PDF stays unchanged.",
 "steps": [
  "Install Modu Reader from the Releases page for your system and architecture.",
  "Add the scanned PDF to the bookshelf and open it, or set an EPUB, MOBI, AZW3 or FB2 image book to the scanned-book view from the shelf menu.",
  "Turn on automatic cropping and adjust the protected margin so page numbers, footnotes and text edges are kept.",
  "Use the enhancement controls for text darkness, contrast, sharpening and bleach, and preview the result against the original page.",
  "On e-ink devices, enable E-INK mode to show the refresh control, if your device supports it."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the Modu Reader repo (sobranie2406/modureader), explain how to open <scanned PDF path> with automatic cropping and enhancement enabled. Output the settings you changed and confirm that the original PDF file was not modified.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says scan watermark reduction cannot restore text hidden by a watermark, so check enhanced pages against the original scan.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "dart",
 "requirements": [
  "A device on a supported platform: Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, iOS (ARM64 real device, iOS 16+) or HarmonyOS, with the installer from the Releases page",
  "Local reading needs no AI account. AI, online translation and online voice need their own provider settings and may cost money",
  "For sync: your own WebDAV server",
  "For vector search: a few hundred MB of disk space is not stated in the README, so check model sizes in the settings before downloading"
 ],
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
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 "score": 1.0,
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