v0.1.6

lewish/asciiflowv0.1.6May 26, 2026by afourney

AI Summary

Adds OCR support for embedded images and PDFs, fixes memory leaks in PDF conversion, and introduces the Azure Content Understanding converter.

Key Highlights

New OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans.
Fixed O(n) memory growth in PDF conversion by calling page.close().
Added Azure Content Understanding converter.
Fixed RecursionError handling for deeply nested HTML.

New Features

OCR support for images and PDFs.
Azure Content Understanding converter.
PDF memory optimization.
HTML recursion error 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