v0.1.6

Gen-Verse/MMaDAv0.1.6May 26, 2026by afourney

AI Summary

Introduced OCR capabilities and an Azure Content Understanding converter while resolving memory leaks and HTML parsing errors.

Key Highlights

Added OCR layer service for extracting text from images and PDF scans
Implemented Azure Content Understanding converter
Fixed memory growth in PDF conversion by properly closing pages
Resolved RecursionError caused by deeply nested HTML

New Features

Azure Content Understanding converter
OCR support for images and PDFs

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* [MS] Add OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans by @lesyk in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1541
* Fix O(n) memory growth in PDF conversion by calling page.close() afte… by @lesyk in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1612
* Updated warning about binding to non-local interfaces. by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1653
* fix: handle deeply nested HTML that triggers RecursionError by @jigangz in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1644
* Clarify security posture in READMEs by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1807
* feat: Add Azure Content Understanding converter by @chienyuanchang in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1865
* Bump version to 0.1.6 by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1914

## New Contributors
* @jigangz made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1644
* @chienyuanchang made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1865

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/compare/v0.1.5...v0.1.6