Can Mistral AI read a cleanly scanned document?
Mistral AI passed the clean-scan OCR check. The image-only PDF had no text layer, and the returned Markdown reproduced the page’s text, numbers, dates, and closing lines. The signature was left as an image reference. One table header is shifted into the header row, but no content is lost.
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Clean scan — text recoveredPassEvidence
# Kirkhollow Analytical Laboratories Ltd Braithe Road, Vardenne BR7 2HD 01632 960118 · reception@kirkhollow-labs.example Ms R. Sandiman Braithe Estuary Partnership Estuary House, Vardenne Quay Braithe BR3 4LN Our reference: KAL-11938/26 Date of report: 4 February 2026 ## Certificate of analysis Dear Ms Sandiman Thank you for the four water samples delivered to this laboratory on 28 January 2026. They were booked in as batch KAL-11938 and analysed by the methods shown. The results below relate only to the samples as received. | Sampling point | Vardenne Channel, station VQ1 | | --- | --- | | Date and time of sampling | 27 January 2026, 09:40 | | Total suspended solids | 41.6 mg/l (method KAL-M04) | | Chloride | 18,200 mg/l (method KAL-M11) | | Ammoniacal nitrogen | 0.42 mg/l (method KAL-M12) | | Dissolved organic carbon | 5.9 mg/l (method KAL-M22) | The suspended solids figure is higher than those reported for this station in December and January, which were both below 30 mg/l. The samples were taken on the ebb, two days after the last placement at Kellow Sands, and the result is consistent with that. The remaining samples will be held until 4 March 2026 and destroyed after that date unless you ask us to keep them. Yours sincerely  Dr A. J. Prosser Laboratory Manager Registered in England 2214887 · Results relate only to the samples as received
| ✓ | Expected: Visible text is recovered accuratelyFound: The page text, numbers, dates, and closing lines are reproduced exactly; the signature is an image reference, and the table header is shifted. |
The image-only PDF had no text layer, and the Markdown reproduced the visible text, numbers, dates, and closing lines. The signature stayed as an image reference, and the only visible defect was the table header shift.
Header row shift. The first label/value pair is placed in the table header, so one real data row moves into the header position. The text content is not lost, but a parser would read one fewer data row.
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| Level | Name | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Benchmark | Converting a complex PDF into clean Markdown with a hosted API → | 12 scenarios · 13 tools |
| Capability | Scanned Document OCR → | |
| Scenario | A cleanly scanned document → | |
| Tool | Mistral AI → |
Global scenario definition → · Global capability definition → · Mistral AI product page →
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