Add configurable text extraction margin for PDF processing

src/components/DocumentSettings.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { Fragment, useState, useRef } from 'react';
+import { Fragment, useState, useRef, useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Dialog, DialogPanel, Transition, TransitionChild, Listbox, ListboxButton, ListboxOptions, ListboxOption, Button } from '@headlessui/react';
 import { useConfig, ViewType } from '@/contexts/ConfigContext';
 import { ChevronUpDownIcon, CheckIcon } from '@/components/icons/Icons';
@@ -21,13 +21,33 @@ const viewTypes = [
 ];
 
 export function DocumentSettings({ isOpen, setIsOpen, epub }: DocViewSettingsProps) {
-  const { viewType, skipBlank, epubTheme, updateConfigKey } = useConfig();
+  const { viewType, skipBlank, epubTheme, textExtractionMargin, updateConfigKey } = useConfig();
   const { createFullAudioBook } = useEPUB();
   const [progress, setProgress] = useState(0);
   const [isGenerating, setIsGenerating] = useState(false);
+  const [localMargin, setLocalMargin] = useState(textExtractionMargin);
   const abortControllerRef = useRef<AbortController | null>(null);
   const selectedView = viewTypes.find(v => v.id === viewType) || viewTypes[0];
 
+  //console.log(localMargin, textExtractionMargin);
+
+  // Sync local margin with global state
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setLocalMargin(textExtractionMargin);
+  }, [textExtractionMargin]);
+
+  // Handler for slider change (updates local state only)
+  const handleMarginChange = useCallback((event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    setLocalMargin(Number(event.target.value));
+  }, []);
+
+  // Handler for slider release
+  const handleMarginChangeComplete = useCallback(() => {
+    if (localMargin !== textExtractionMargin) {
+      updateConfigKey('textExtractionMargin', localMargin);
+    }
+  }, [localMargin, textExtractionMargin, updateConfigKey]);
+
   const handleStartGeneration = async () => {
     setIsGenerating(true);
     setProgress(0);
@@ -132,13 +152,38 @@ export function DocumentSettings({ isOpen, setIsOpen, epub }: DocViewSettingsPro
                       </div>
                     )}
                   </div>}
-                  {!epub && <div className="space-y-2">
+                  {!epub && <div className="space-y-6">
-                    <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-foreground">Mode</label>
+                    <div className="mt-4 space-y-2">
+                      <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-foreground">
+                        Text Extraction Margin
+                      </label>
+                      <div className="flex justify-between">
+                        <span className="text-xs">0%</span>
+                        <span className="text-xs font-bold">{Math.round(localMargin * 100)}%</span>
+                        <span className="text-xs">20%</span>
+                      </div>
+                      <input
+                        type="range"
+                        min="0"
+                        max="0.2"
+                        step="0.01"
+                        value={localMargin}
+                        onChange={handleMarginChange}
+                        onMouseUp={handleMarginChangeComplete}
+                        onKeyUp={handleMarginChangeComplete}
+                        onTouchEnd={handleMarginChangeComplete}
+                        className="w-full bg-offbase rounded-lg appearance-none cursor-pointer accent-accent [&::-webkit-slider-runnable-track]:bg-offbase [&::-webkit-slider-runnable-track]:rounded-lg [&::-webkit-slider-thumb]:appearance-none [&::-webkit-slider-thumb]:h-4 [&::-webkit-slider-thumb]:w-4 [&::-webkit-slider-thumb]:rounded-full [&::-webkit-slider-thumb]:bg-accent [&::-moz-range-track]:bg-offbase [&::-moz-range-track]:rounded-lg [&::-moz-range-thumb]:appearance-none [&::-moz-range-thumb]:h-4 [&::-moz-range-thumb]:w-4 [&::-moz-range-thumb]:rounded-full [&::-moz-range-thumb]:bg-accent"
+                      />
+                      <p className="text-xs text-muted">
+                        {"Don't"} include content from outer rim of the page during text extraction (experimental)
+                      </p>
+                    </div>
                     <Listbox
                       value={selectedView}
                       onChange={(newView) => updateConfigKey('viewType', newView.id as ViewType)}
                     >
-                      <div className="relative z-10">
+                      <div className="relative z-10 space-y-2">
+                        <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-foreground">Mode</label>
                         <ListboxButton className="relative w-full cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-background py-2 pl-3 pr-10 text-left text-foreground shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-accent transform transition-transform duration-200 ease-in-out hover:scale-[1.01] hover:text-accent">
                           <span className="block truncate">{selectedView.name}</span>
                           <span className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-y-0 right-0 flex items-center pr-2">
@@ -177,14 +222,16 @@ export function DocumentSettings({ isOpen, setIsOpen, epub }: DocViewSettingsPro
                             ))}
                           </ListboxOptions>
                         </Transition>
+                        {selectedView.id === 'scroll' && (
+                          <p className="text-sm text-warning pt-2">
+                            Note: Continuous scroll may perform poorly for larger documents.
+                          </p>
+                        )}
                       </div>
                     </Listbox>
-                    {selectedView.id === 'scroll' && (
+
-                      <p className="text-sm text-warning pt-2">
-                        Note: Continuous scroll may perform poorly for larger documents.
-                      </p>
-                    )}
                   </div>}
+
                   <div className="space-y-2">
                     <label className="flex items-center space-x-2">
                       <input

src/contexts/ConfigContext.tsx

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type ConfigValues = {
   voice: string;
   skipBlank: boolean;
   epubTheme: boolean;
+  textExtractionMargin: number;
 };
 
 /** Interface defining the configuration context shape and functionality */
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ interface ConfigContextType {
   voice: string;
   skipBlank: boolean;
   epubTheme: boolean;
+  textExtractionMargin: number;
   updateConfig: (newConfig: Partial<{ apiKey: string; baseUrl: string; viewType: ViewType }>) => Promise<void>;
   updateConfigKey: <K extends keyof ConfigValues>(key: K, value: ConfigValues[K]) => Promise<void>;
   isLoading: boolean;
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ export function ConfigProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
   const [voice, setVoice] = useState<string>('af_sarah');
   const [skipBlank, setSkipBlank] = useState<boolean>(true);
   const [epubTheme, setEpubTheme] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [textExtractionMargin, setTextExtractionMargin] = useState<number>(0.07);
 
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
   const [isDBReady, setIsDBReady] = useState(false);
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ export function ConfigProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
         const cachedVoice = await getItem('voice');
         const cachedSkipBlank = await getItem('skipBlank');
         const cachedEpubTheme = await getItem('epubTheme');
+        const cachedMargin = await getItem('textExtractionMargin');
 
         // Only set API key and base URL if they were explicitly saved by the user
         if (cachedApiKey) {
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ export function ConfigProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
         setVoice(cachedVoice || 'af_sarah');
         setSkipBlank(cachedSkipBlank === 'false' ? false : true);
         setEpubTheme(cachedEpubTheme === 'true');
+        setTextExtractionMargin(parseFloat(cachedMargin || '0.07'));
 
         // Only save non-sensitive settings by default
         if (!cachedViewType) {
@@ -96,6 +101,9 @@ export function ConfigProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
         if (cachedEpubTheme === null) {
           await setItem('epubTheme', 'false');
         }
+        if (cachedMargin === null) {
+          await setItem('textExtractionMargin', '0.07');
+        }
         
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('Error initializing:', error);
@@ -170,6 +178,9 @@ export function ConfigProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
         case 'epubTheme':
           setEpubTheme(value as boolean);
           break;
+        case 'textExtractionMargin':
+          setTextExtractionMargin(value as number);
+          break;
       }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(`Error updating config key ${key}:`, error);
@@ -186,6 +197,7 @@ export function ConfigProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       voice,
       skipBlank,
       epubTheme,
+      textExtractionMargin,
       updateConfig, 
       updateConfigKey,
       isLoading, 

src/contexts/PDFContext.tsx

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 
 import { indexedDBService } from '@/utils/indexedDB';
 import { useTTS } from '@/contexts/TTSContext';
+import { useConfig } from '@/contexts/ConfigContext';
 import {
   extractTextFromPDF,
   convertPDFDataToURL,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ const PDFContext = createContext<PDFContextType | undefined>(undefined);
  */
 export function PDFProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
   const { setText: setTTSText, stop, currDocPageNumber: currDocPage, currDocPages, setCurrDocPages } = useTTS();
+  const { textExtractionMargin } = useConfig();
 
   // Current document state
   const [currDocURL, setCurrDocURL] = useState<string>();
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ export function PDFProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
   const loadCurrDocText = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
       if (!pdfDocument) return;
-      const text = await extractTextFromPDF(pdfDocument, currDocPage);
+      const text = await extractTextFromPDF(pdfDocument, currDocPage, textExtractionMargin);
       // Only update TTS text if the content has actually changed
       // This prevents unnecessary resets of the sentence index
       if (text !== currDocText || text === '') {
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ export function PDFProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Error loading PDF text:', error);
     }
-  }, [pdfDocument, currDocPage, setTTSText, currDocText]);
+  }, [pdfDocument, currDocPage, setTTSText, currDocText, textExtractionMargin]);
 
   /**
    * Effect hook to update document text when the page changes

src/utils/pdf.ts

@@ -26,14 +26,51 @@ export function convertPDFDataToURL(pdfData: Blob): Promise<string> {
 }
 
 // Text Processing functions
-export async function extractTextFromPDF(pdf: PDFDocumentProxy, pageNumber: number): Promise<string> {
+export async function extractTextFromPDF(pdf: PDFDocumentProxy, pageNumber: number, margin = 0.07): Promise<string> {
   try {
     const page = await pdf.getPage(pageNumber);
     const textContent = await page.getTextContent();
+    
+    // Get page viewport to help with positioning
+    const viewport = page.getViewport({ scale: 1.0 });
+    const pageHeight = viewport.height;
+    const pageWidth = viewport.width;
 
-    const textItems = textContent.items.filter((item): item is TextItem =>
+    const textItems = textContent.items.filter((item): item is TextItem => {
-      'str' in item && 'transform' in item
+      if (!('str' in item && 'transform' in item)) return false;
-    );
+      
+      // Get all transform matrix values
+      const [scaleX, skewX, skewY, scaleY, x, y] = item.transform;
+      
+      // Check for reasonable scale values (not too small or too large)
+      if (Math.abs(scaleX) < 1 || Math.abs(scaleX) > 20) return false;
+      if (Math.abs(scaleY) < 1 || Math.abs(scaleY) > 20) return false;
+      
+      // Check for reasonable skew values (should be close to 0 for normal text)
+      if (Math.abs(skewX) > 0.5 || Math.abs(skewY) > 0.5) return false;
+      
+      // Filter out positions in header/footer areas using configurable margin
+      const topMargin = pageHeight * margin;
+      const bottomMargin = pageHeight * (1 - margin);
+      if (y < topMargin || y > bottomMargin) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      // Filter out positions in left/right margin areas
+      const leftMargin = pageWidth * margin;
+      const rightMargin = pageWidth * (1 - margin);
+      if (x < leftMargin || x > rightMargin) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      
+      // Check for reasonable x position values
+      if (x < 0 || x > pageWidth) return false;
+      
+      // Filter out empty strings or strings with only whitespace
+      return item.str.trim().length > 0;
+    });
+
+    console.log('Filtered text items:', textItems);
 
     const tolerance = 2;
     const lines: TextItem[][] = [];