What does Fokuso do?

Lots of people have problems reading PDFs, particularly when they need to study them and the problem is worse on smaller devices.

Fokuso is being built to solve that. It extracts content from PDF files and reformats it for easier reading.

It makes the content accessible and provides a range of display controls for easier reading.

API limitations

Fokuso uses an API that has some limitations. This list covers most things that might cause a problem but it's not exhaustive.

• Only files up to a maximum of 100MB are supported.
• Non-scanned PDFs have a limit of 400 pages. Scanned PDFs have a limit of 150 pages or less.
• Limits may be lower for files with multiple tables.
• For larger files or those with complex layouts, it is recommended to split the file into smaller sections before processing.
• The API supports standard page sizes not to exceed 17.5” or less than 6” in either dimension.
• The API is optimized for English language content. Files containing content in other Latin languages should return good results, but may have issues with non-English punctuation.
• The quality of text extracted from scanned files is dependent on the clarity of content in the input file. Conditions like skewed pages, shadowing, obscured or overlapping fonts, and page resolution less than 200 DPI can all result in lower quality text output.

Please bear in mind that error handling in this early version is fairly basic and contact me if anything goes wrong.