Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts Countless digital documents hold valuable info, and the AI industry is attempting to set it free.

However, the solution using two Python libraries, pdf2image and pytesseract. These libraries convert PDF files into images and extract text from them, respectively.

Need to extract data from PDF files into a spreadsheet so you can analyze it? Find out how seven PDF to Excel conversion tools fared in head-to-head tests with increasingly complex data sources.

Leading PDF library company iText Software today launched pdf2Data, which allows users to easily extract and access data from PDF documents.