Terms of Use

By using MarkOut you agree to these terms. They are intentionally short and plain.

Last updated: August 2026

1. The service

MarkOut is a free, client-side web tool that extracts highlighted text from PDF documents and exports it as Markdown. The service is provided "as is" and may change or be discontinued at any time.

2. Acceptable use

You are responsible for the documents you process. You agree not to use MarkOut:

to infringe any copyright, license or other right of third parties;
to process content in violation of applicable law;
to attempt to disrupt, overload or reverse-engineer the service beyond normal use.

You should only upload documents you have the right to process. Extracting text from works you don't own may violate copyright — please respect authors' rights.

3. Intellectual property

The MarkOut website, source code, logo and models are the property of their respective owners. The source code is published on GitHub: see the repository's license file for the exact terms. Unless explicitly stated, all rights are reserved.

4. No warranty

The service is provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied — including, but not limited to, accuracy of OCR results, completeness of extraction, or fitness for a particular purpose. Highlight detection and OCR can make mistakes, especially on low-quality scans; always review the output before relying on it.

5. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the MarkOut authors shall not be liable for any damages arising from the use of, or inability to use, the service — including data loss, lost profits or indirect damages. In particular, since all processing happens locally, we have no access to your documents and cannot recover them for you: keep your originals backed up.

6. Privacy

Your use of the service is also governed by our Privacy Policy. In short: documents are processed locally and no personal data is collected.

7. Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

8. Contact

Questions about these terms? Open an issue on GitHub or use the contact page.