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About MarkItDown On December 14, 2024, Microsoft released something interesting. It’s a software called MarkItDown. It’s a tool that converts various files into the Markdown format. Quoting from the official repository, the formats that can be converted are: - PDF (.pdf) - PowerPoint (.pptx) - Word (.docx) - Excel (.xlsx) - Images (EXIF metadata, and OCR) - Audio (EXIF metadata, and speech transcription) - HTML (special handling of Wikipedia, etc.) - Various other text-based formats (csv, json, xml, etc.) - ZIP (Iterates over contents and converts each file) As you can see, it handles a wide variety of files. ...

Introduction When using the internet, you can’t avoid searching for information. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or in any role, you’ll likely need to look things up. In today’s era, where AI like ChatGPT is becoming ubiquitous, I believe “searching skills” are more important than ever. Let me use an example. Imagine you run into a problem and ask someone for advice. How many of you have been told, “Just Google it”? ...

Introduction In my line of work, I often interact with university students. At Kanazawa Institute of Technology, where I work, there are extracurricular activities called “Projects” that allow students to put into practice what they’ve learned in their courses. Examples of these projects range from hardware-focused activities like robot competitions to software-focused ones like application development. For those interested in more details, I recommend checking out Kanazawa Institute of Technology’s project list. ...