User Guide
Learn how to use Duckling effectively.
Overview
Duckling provides a comprehensive interface for document conversion with advanced features like OCR, table extraction, and RAG chunking.
Sections
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Features
Explore all the capabilities of Duckling
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Supported Formats
Input and output format reference
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Configuration
Customize OCR, tables, images, and performance settings
Quick Tips
Multiple files
Drag in several files, pick a folder, or use Choose files…—the same drop zone handles single and multi-file uploads. The job queue processes up to 2 conversions in parallel to balance speed and memory.
OCR Selection
- EasyOCR: Best for multi-language documents with GPU support
- Tesseract: Reliable for simple documents
- macOS Vision: Fastest on Mac with Apple Silicon
- RapidOCR: Lightweight and fast
RAG Chunking
Enable chunking in settings to generate document chunks optimized for retrieval-augmented generation. Chunks include metadata like headings and page numbers.