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Maybe there's a SasS opportunity for you to explore.
by slig 7y ago
Maybe there's a SasS opportunity for you to explore.
- LeonM 7y agoI build such a service, but it is impossible to guarantee any reliable result. I ended up shutting it down. The PDF standard is a mess, and the number of 'tricks' I've seen done is astonishing. Example: to add shade or border effect to text, most PDF generators simple add the text twice with a subtle offset and different colors. Result: your SaaS service returns every sentence twice. Off course there were workarounds, but at some point it became unmaintanable.
- shim__ 7y agoI'm actually surprised that PDF hasn't been superseded by some form of embedded HTML by now.
- mLuby 7y agoI blame CSS.
- faeyanpiraat 7y agoWhy?
- zo1 7y agoIn a way it has. In my experience, there have been multiple times where a "generate PDF" requirement has come up, with the best viable solution being "develop it in HTML using standard tech" followed by "and then convert it to PDF".
- Fnoord 7y agoIt partly has: ePub [1], an open format for ebooks, contain HTML. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB
- lmm 7y agoI'd say exactly the opposite. PDF makes it easy to create a document that looks exactly the way you want it to, which seems to be all that most web designers want (witness all the sites that force a narrow column on a large screen and won't reflow their text properly on a small screen).
- siftrics 7y agoHi! I’m the founder of a startup (https://siftrics.com https://siftrics.com) in this exact space. The demand for automating text extraction is still very high — or at least it feels like it when you’re working around the clock to cater to 3 of your customers, only to wake up to 10 more the next day. We’re small but growing extremely quickly.
- kelvin0 7y agoWhat space are your customers in? Healthcare? Government?
- siftrics 7y agoEverything. Insurance companies to fledgling AI startups. It’s definitely harder to get government business because the sales process is so long and compliance is so stringent. That said, we are GDPR compliant.
- slig 7y agoGreat demo video. Congrats on growing your startup!
- JoblessWonder 7y agoAs someone who works in aviation... what made you choose an avionics company as your demo business? I've bookmarked your site for future research... but the aviation part has me curious!