PDF Extraction of tables

[Stanley27940643wa18]

I am trying to decide if Adobe Extract API will be up to the task I need.  I am a little concerned as I don't see a lot of support resources.  So I have used the example at https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-extract-api/quickstarts/python/ to try and extract tables from pdf documents.  So far the results are disheartening.  There is no opportunity on that page to pose a question.

An area that "looks like a table" in pdf to eye in my target pdf, with column Date of Birth and a date below, renders in a csv file in one cell as Date of Birth 01/01/1955.

I am fine with having to tweek things but I don't see how this product works if there is no framework for me to determine why the code renders certain "tables" correctly and others no.   If it is just a well it either works or it doesn't work kind of thing I don't see how I can use it.

[Joel Geraci]

Can you share the PDF in question?

[Stanley27940643wa18]

Yes but I will have to redact the personal info in it.

[Stanley27940643wa18]

Here it is!

[Joel Geraci]

The AI is definitely confused by the table layout in the fact that the cells are vertically center-aligned making it challenging to determine what constitutes a row. Can I give this file to our team to help train the AI?

[Stanley27940643wa18]

Sure!