Chat with your PDFs and see the page behind every answer
Ask a question about a paper, or about every paper in a collection. The answer quotes the passage it is based on and gives the page number.
Why use chat with pdf
Page numbers
Answers point to the page and passage they used. Click to check.
Many papers at once
Ask across a whole collection to compare methods or findings.
Cite from the answer
Cite the paper behind an answer in your document in one click.
How it works
Upload
Add PDFs to your Library, or pick ones already there.
Ask
Click Ask on a paper, or choose a collection in AI Chat.
Check and cite
Open the quoted page, then cite the paper if it says what you need.
What goes in, what comes out
You give it
- PDFs in your Library (one or a collection)
- A question
You get
- An answer with quotes and page numbers
- Citations to the papers used
Good to know
- Scanned PDFs need a text layer.
- The AI can still misread a passage. The quote and page are there so you can check.
An example
You enter
What sample size and method did each of these five studies use?
WriteOrbit returns
Study A: 120 adults, randomised controlled trial (p. 4). Study B: 38 students, interviews (p. 6). …
Questions
More in the help center.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Only if the PDF has a text layer. Run OCR on a scanned PDF first.
Can I chat with more than one PDF?
Yes. Choose a Library collection as the source and ask across every paper in it.
Is my PDF used to train AI?
No. Your files are used only to answer your questions.
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