Chat with PDF to find matching passages
Chat with a PDF by asking a question to find matching passages in selectable text, with quoted answers and page numbers. The search covers the first 9,000 extracted characters. Free to use, with no sign-up required.
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Works on the text inside the PDF. Scanned documents need OCR PDF first. Answers are extracted sentences, not generated text, so they are always faithful to the document.
01 How it works
- Choose a PDF with selectable text.
- Ask a specific question about its contents.
- Read matching passages and check them in the file.
02 Good to know
Responses quote matching text rather than generating an interpretation. The search covers the first 9,000 extracted characters. Scanned PDFs need OCR first.
03Ask about text the PDF actually contains
Choose a PDF with selectable text and ask a specific question. The tool returns matching passages quoted from the document with page references, so you can check the source in context.
It searches the first 9,000 extracted characters. A matching quote is not a summary or interpretation, and relevant text later in a long document may be outside the search. Scanned PDFs need OCR first.
04Verify the passage in the original
Open the cited page and read the surrounding text, tables, and footnotes. Extracted text can lose reading order in multi-column pages or omit information stored only in images.
For a scan, run OCR PDF and check the recognized text before asking a question. OCR can make mistakes, especially with small print, handwriting, or complex page layouts.
05 Questions
Does Chat with PDF generate an AI interpretation?
No. It searches selectable text and returns matching passages as quotes with page references. Read the source page for context.
Why does it miss text in my document?
The search covers the first 9,000 extracted characters. It may not include later sections, and scanned pages need OCR before their text is available.
Do answers include page numbers?
Yes. Matching passages are returned as quotes with page references so you can check them in the source PDF.