What it does
This tool answers questions about a PDF and cites the exact pages each answer is based on.
- Answers with citations
How do I get answers from a PDF with page citations?
Get cited answers from a PDF by uploading it and asking a question; the tool answers using the document and shows the exact page numbers the answer came from, so you can verify every claim. The analysis runs in your browser.
- Answers backed by page-number citations
- Jump to the cited page to verify
- Reduces AI guesswork by grounding answers
- Runs in your browser
What is
PDF Answers with Page Citations
A question-answering tool for PDFs that returns answers together with the specific page references the answer is drawn from.
PDF Tools
Related terms
Q&AcitationsAI
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, page numbers.
Each answer cites the page(s) it came from so you can jump there and confirm.
To verify answers.
Grounding answers in cited pages makes them checkable and reduces unsupported claims.
Processed in your browser.
An on-device model produces the cited answers, so the document is not sent to a third-party server.
Detailed Explanation
How it works
Passages are extracted and indexed by page with pdf.js; the most relevant pages are retrieved and an in-browser model answers, attaching page citations.
- Retrieval with page refs
Use cases
Research, legal and compliance work where every answer must be traceable to a source page.
- Traceable research
Limitations
Citations point to retrieved pages but the AI answer itself should still be verified against those pages.
- Verify against cited pages
Privacy
Answering runs on-device in your browser; the document is not sent to a third-party server.
- On-device processing