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    Announcements

    Universal PDF Support

    4/23/2025

    🚀 Key Features

    • Works with any LLM available on OpenRouter.
    • Handles all types of PDFs, including image-only scans.
    • Automatically uses native PDF support for providers like Gemini, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
    • Sends embedded images from PDFs directly to multimodal models.
    • Can be combined with web search or Auto Router for enhanced functionality.
    • Accessible via API or directly from the OpenRouter Chatroom, with support for multiple PDFs and models in a single request.

    ⚙️ Pricing

    Two PDF processing engines to choose from:

    • mistral-ocr (default): OCR support with text and embedded images extraction — $2 per 1000 pages.
    • pdf-text: Text-only extraction without OCR or image support — free.

    📖 Documentation & Getting Started

    Check out the full docs and implementation guide:
    https://openrouter.ai/docs/features/images-and-pdfs

    Video demo and more info:
    https://x.com/OpenRouterAI/status/1915083006349382033