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AI Summary

Microsoft MarkItDown v0.1.6 adds OCR capabilities for embedded images and PDFs, and fixes memory growth in PDF conversion.

Key Highlights

  • Added OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans.
  • Fixed O(n) memory growth in PDF conversion.
  • Added Azure Content Understanding converter.
  • Improved handling of deeply nested HTML.

New Features

  • OCR service for images/PDFs
  • PDF memory growth fix
  • Azure Content Understanding converter
  • Deeply nested HTML handling

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