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Building PDF Pro: A Desktop PDF Reader with Private Local AI Summaries

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I built PDF Pro , a desktop PDF reader in Python with study and productivity features such as notes, annotations, image extraction, and optional local AI summarization. The project started as a way to learn how desktop applications are structured beyond a simple command-line program. I wanted to bu…

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    Building PDF Pro: A Desktop PDF Reader with Private Local AI Summaries

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