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 "title": "Prepare a scanned PDF before converting it",
 "page_title": "How to prepare a scanned PDF before converting it with Book to Skill",
 "summary": "Run OCR on scanned books so the extractor can read the text.",
 "who": "Someone whose book PDF is a scan without selectable text.",
 "problem": "Scanned PDFs have no extractable text.",
 "outcome": "A text-searchable PDF ready to convert.",
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  "Install ocrmypdf",
  "Run ocrmypdf input.pdf output.pdf",
  "Run Book to Skill on output.pdf",
  "Check the extracted chapters"
 ],
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  "any"
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "OCR quality limits the quality of the generated skill.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "An agent that supports skills",
  "OCR (ocrmypdf) for scanned PDFs"
 ],
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