PDF Text Extraction With Python
Is your data locked up in portable document format (PDFs)? In this talk we're going to explore methods to extract text and other data from PDFs using readily-available, open-source Python tools (such as pypdf), as well as techniques such as OCR (optical character recognition) and table extraction. We will also discuss the philosophy of text extraction as a whole.
Speaker: Raju Rayavarapu
Raju Rayavarapu is a scientist with a background in cancer biology, pharmacology, and drug development with a passion for understanding and using new technology. He is currently a data scientist at DNAnexus, a cloud-based data analysis and management platform. He also loves Disney Lorcana.