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Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js) mentions (25)

• DEMO - Voice to PDF - Complete PDF documents with voice commands using the Claude 3 Opus API

  ReadPdf: used for reading the dropped file and displaying it on the screen, it uses PDF.js to load the file, get all fields and display it on the browser. - Source: dev.to / 4 days ago

• Building W-9 Crafter

  I first started building the app in the browser, using PDF.js and Download.js to take a PDF and edit it, and then download it to your computer. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• How to Write a Cold Email

  I'd think opening a PDF in your browser would be at the same risk-level you associate with going to any random URL. On Firefox at least, I'm pretty sure the built-in PDF viewer is simply JS parsing and rendering the PDF anyway -- nothing with elevated permissions: https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• PDF Chat with Node.js, OpenAI and ModelFusion

  We use Mozilla's PDF.js via the pdfjs-dist NPM module to load pages from a PDF file. The loadPdfPages function reads the PDF file and extracts its content. It returns an array where each object contains the page number and the text of that page. - Source: dev.to / 8 months ago

• Printing as PDF: Chromium takes ages and 5Mb, while Webkit is super fast and light

  I’ve been using pdf.js before, worked quite well. Source: about 1 year ago

calibre mentions (546)

• Ask HN: Best Open E-Reader?

  Kobos[1] and Pocketbooks[2] are a lot more open than Kindles. AFAIK you can transfer .epub files into both devices and these epubs are perfectly readable via the stock OS. If for some reason you find the stock proprietary OS lacking, you can install an open source one like KOreader [3] or Plato[4] Of course you want a good way of organizing epubs pdfs mobi, and like has already been mentioned Calibre[5] is a great... - Source: Hacker News / 11 days ago

• Ask HN: Best Open E-Reader?

  You can manage the files with Calibre[1] and sync them onto an e-reader like the Kobo with a click. [1] https://calibre-ebook.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 days ago

• Calibre: Unlock the Data in Your Breath

  Not to be confused with Calibre, the excellent ebook software by Kovid Goyal: https://calibre-ebook.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Need help editing epub in Sigil

  Glad you were able to fix it, but what about trying Calibre? It is free and makes it easy to adjust things, add info, and change front covers. Source: 5 months ago

• Manga on Kindle?

  Or using Calibre (pdf or azw3) https://calibre-ebook.com. Source: 5 months ago