Changelog

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🚀 Feature updates

• Security certification: SoMark has completed algorithm filing with the Cyberspace Administration of China
• CLI & SDK launched: integrate SoMark quickly through the command line or SDK
• Excel parsing launched: added support for parsing Excel files
• Stronger inline and table image handling: improved recognition and restoration for images inside text and tables
• Multilingual image understanding optimized: images in Chinese documents return Chinese descriptions by default, while other languages return English descriptions by default
• Free trial now supports md-raw: view a more raw Markdown parsing result
• Cross-page table merging optimized: improved stability and continuity when merging tables across pages
• SMD improvements: SoMarkDown Viewer now supports local storage and draggable region resizing
• Website UI refreshed: upgraded the interface and interaction experience

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🚀 Feature updates

• API free quota now available
  • Every user gets 2,000 free parsing pages per month
  • Daily free quota usage is capped at 500 pages
• API capabilities expanded
  • output_formats now supports the zip format for packaged downloads of Markdown and images
  • New element_formats parameter lets you customize the output format for images, formulas, tables, and chemical structures independently
  • feature_config exposes toggles for cross-page text merging, cross-page table merging, heading level detection, image semantic understanding, images inside tables, images inside text, and header/footer preservation

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🚀 Feature updates

• Free trial and API now both include these featured capabilities
• Cross-page table merging: merge tables across pages into one complete table for easier reading
• Cross-page text merging: merge text across page boundaries to preserve full context
• Heading level recognition: intelligently detect heading hierarchy for clearer document structure
• Image understanding: convert visual information into text descriptions that explain the logic behind images
• Watermark and stamp resistance: reduce interference from watermarks and stamps to recover cleaner text
• Embedded image restoration: restore images inside text paragraphs and table cells in more detail

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🚀 Feature updates

• Expanded Office format support: added parsing support for doc, docx, ppt, and pptx files.

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🔧 Bug fixes

• Fixed errors caused by concurrent request limits.

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🚀 Feature updates

• Free trial speed significantly improved for faster responses.
• Updated CAPTCHA interaction flow for easier free-trial usage.

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🔧 Bug fixes

• Fixed mobile adaptation issues.
• Fixed compatibility issues with multiple image formats in free trial.

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🚀 Feature updates

• Embedded image restoration.
• Image understanding and description.
• Better resistance to watermark interference and improved stamp recognition.

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🔧 Bug fixes

• Fixed issue where historical parsing records could be lost.

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🔧 Bug fixes

• Fixed known bugs.
• Optimized free-trial related interactions.

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🚀 Feature updates

• API usage analytics: support viewing API key usage over the last 30 days.
• Full UI refresh: cleaner operations and a more modern experience.

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✨ Experience improvements

• Enhanced file upload logic: stronger file validation and handling for better stability.
• Upgraded free quota: free parsing now supports larger files and allows API quota deduction for more flexibility.

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🔧 Bug fixes

• Fixed occasional failures when parsing large files, improving stability.