What it does
Chat with PDF answers natural-language questions using the content of an uploaded document.
- Ask questions, get answers
How do I chat with a PDF?
Chat with a PDF by uploading it and asking questions in plain language; the tool finds the relevant passages and answers based on the document's content, so you can query a long report without reading it all. The conversation runs in your browser.
- Ask questions about your document
- Answers grounded in the PDF content
- Great for long reports and manuals
- Runs in your browser
What is
Chat with PDF
A tool that lets you ask natural-language questions about a PDF and receive answers drawn from the document's text.
PDF Tools
Related terms
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Frequently Asked Questions
Anything about the document.
Ask for facts, explanations or where something is covered, and the tool answers from the PDF's content.
It searches relevant parts.
The document is indexed so the most relevant passages inform each answer.
It is processed in your browser.
An on-device model handles the chat, so the document is not sent to a third-party server.
Detailed Explanation
How it works
Text is extracted and chunked with pdf.js, relevant passages are retrieved for each question, and an in-browser model composes the answer.
- Retrieval + on-device model
Use cases
Query manuals, research papers, policies and long reports to find answers fast.
- Query long documents
Limitations
Answers are AI-generated from retrieved text and can be incomplete or wrong, so confirm important details in the source.
- Verify important answers
Privacy
The chat runs on-device in your browser; the document is not sent to a third-party server.
- On-device processing