Update backend/main.py

backend/main.py

@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ def extract_text_from_pdf(pdf_path: str) -> str:
             if page_text:
                 text += page_text + "\n"
 
-    if not text.strip() or len(text.strip()) < 500:
-        raise ValueError(
-            "Could not extract text — this may be a scanned/image-based PDF. "
-            "Please use a text-based PDF."
-        )
+    if not text.strip():
+       raise ValueError("PDF text extraction failed.")
+
+    if len(text.strip()) < 500:
+        text = text[:2000]
 
     # Try to isolate Methods section
     methods_match = re.search(