PDF to Markdown for Notion, Obsidian and AI Notes
Convert PDFs to Markdown for note apps and AI assistants, preserving headings and lists for better search and summaries.
One format, many uses
Markdown works in Notion, Obsidian, GitHub and every major AI assistant. Converting PDFs to Markdown means your reading material becomes searchable notes and AI-ready context at the same time.
Convert
Use PDF to Markdown for single documents or the Batch Document Extractor for a reading list.
Then use AI on your notes
With notes in Markdown, ask AI to summarize chapters, generate links between related notes, or build a reading outline.
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- PDF to Markdown — Headings, lists, and structure preserved. Perfect for Obsidian, GitHub, RAG, and LLM context.
- Batch Document Extractor — Drop PDFs, images, Word docs, and text files together. Get clean text out — combined or zipped one-per-file. Browser-side OCR included.
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Frequently asked
Does Markdown import into Notion?
Yes, Notion imports Markdown files and maps headings and lists to blocks.
Why does Obsidian prefer Markdown?
Obsidian stores notes as Markdown files, so converted PDFs become searchable, linkable notes.
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