Broden Suffern

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[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

Good point — and sorry if I didn’t make this clear enough in the article. Snapdown supports both GFM and HTML table output. I prefer GFM where possible because it keeps the output much more readable, but as you mentioned, structures like merged cells simply can’t be represented faithfully in GFM. For those cases the HTML output preserves the richer table structure. Snapdown also warns when it has had to modify a table to make it GFM-compatible, so you know when the HTML version may be preferable.

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

Tables are easy to screenshot and annoying to use.

I wanted a faster way to make one editable without rebuilding every row by hand.

I tried it on a clean table and a deliberately rough scan. Here’s the workflow and exact Markdown it produced. https://t.co/My9CcaohnI

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

Try Snapdown with 10 captures free:
https://t.co/kQG7famETA

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

AI agents produce better work when you give them better context.

Snapdown captures visible text from documentation, PDFs, error messages, and tables, preserving headings, lists, code, and table structure as Markdown.

Paste it into Claude or Cursor instead of manually transcribing and reformatting it. One shortcut, entirely local.

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

@rohan360d Thank you, I really appreciate the kind words!

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

A 25-row table trapped inside a PDF.

One shortcut later, it’s clean Markdown in Obsidian, with the rows, columns, and labels intact.

Snapdown is now on Macapp Supply.

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

@aaliya_va Great suggestion. I’ll see what I can do!

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

@AliceInfoAi I appreciate it!

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

Today I launched Snapdown, a Mac app that turns anything on your screen into clean Markdown.

Unlike basic OCR, it keeps headings, lists, tables, formulas, and reading order.

One shortcut. Entirely local. Works offline.

10 captures free. $12 once.

https://t.co/k45EVSIEcG

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

See Snapdown on Macapp Supply:
https://t.co/DZoyQMN9ab

I want to keep stress-testing it. What difficult table should I try next?

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

@chiragchamoli Thanks for the shoutout! Really appreciate you sharing Snapdown. If you give it a try, I’d love to hear what you think.

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

@aaliya_va Thanks Aaliya! I appreciate your support.

[Broden Suffern @brsuffern]

@sarmaad I’m glad you find it useful!

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