In the last few weeks, Anthropic has released some exciting beta features that have largely gone under the radar. One of these was its new token-counting API. I have already written an article on this, which you can read by clicking the link below.
The other exciting feature, and the subject of this article, is that Claude 3.5 can now process PDFs and understand both text and visual content within PDF documents.
PDF Capabilities
Claude works with any standard PDF file, allowing you to inquire about text, images, charts, and tables within your documents. Here are some common use cases:
- Analyzing financial reports, interpreting charts and tables
- Extracting key information from legal documents
- Assisting with document translations
- Converting document content into structured formats