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🟡 Uses Paper's own server

Ask your PDF

Get a summary of any PDF and ask questions about it; answers cite the page they come from.

Open Paper to ask your PDF →

This tool needs software too heavy for a browser, so the file is sent to Paper's own server, converted, and deleted immediately after. It is never sent anywhere else.

How to ask your PDF

  1. Open the PDF.
  2. Click More, then Ask the PDF.
  3. Ask a question, or press Summarize.

Questions

Is it free?

Yes, free and open source, with no sign-up and no watermark.

Can it read scanned PDFs?

Run OCR first so the pages have text, then ask.

Is my document kept?

No. The text is used to answer and is not stored.

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