How To Use PDF.ai - The Best Tool To Chat With Any PDF Document
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There’s no doubt that AI is revolutionizing the world.
And with the constant advancements being made on ChatGPT models, we are sure many more changes are coming.
The ability to chat with a PDF document is one of the best applications of the ChatGPT technology we’ve seen so far.
Its use opens the door to:
- Increased productivity
- Higher comfort
- Superior retention and accuracy
- Improved workflows
- And more…
What is the best tool to chat with a PDF?
The answer is simple: PDF.ai
Using PDF.ai to chat with any PDF file will save you time, help you learn and teach faster and through a more comfortable user interface, and potentialize your business processes and workflows.
And those are just a few of the possible benefits of using ChatGPT technology to improve your life.
In addition to the above, there are no limits to the type of PDF documents you can chat with if you use PDF.ai.
You can leverage AI and ChatGPT like a boss by using PDF.ai because it was built for ANY use case.
You name it:
- Books
- Scientific papers
- Legal documents
- User manuals
- Employee handbooks
- Financial reports
Are you excited to try PDF.ai already? Let’s dive into the how.
How do I use PDF.ai to chat with Any PDF?
The first step would be to sign up for a PDF.ai account.
- Sign up for an account using your email address, or you can also sign up via a Google/Github account.
- Once you have an account, you can use PDF.ai in two ways. You can:
1) Upload your PDF documents to our website and chat with them in our web app.
2) Add the PDF.ai extension to your Chrome browser to start chatting effortlessly with any PDF.
Using the PDF.ai web app to chat with any PDF document
- Once you are on the dashboard, choose “Documents” from the options you see on the navigation bar.
- After that, you will see the current uploads you may have and choose “upload” to upload your PDF file.
Our free plan lets you upload one PDF file to your account.
Ways to upload a file
- Import from a file
- Import from URL
You can also add a tag to the file you are uploading for more organization and upload the file as a private document.
A private document( PDF File) will not be uploaded to our servers. You may still chat with the document, but you will not be able to view it.
Using the PDF.ai Chrome extension to chat with any PDF document
You can easily start a conversation with any Document by adding our PDF.ai plugin to your Chrome browser. You can increase your productivity and save hours.
For any local PDF file, make sure the Allow access to file URLs is enabled in the settings for our Chrome extension. Right-click the extension, select Manage Extension, and Enable "Allow access to file URLs."
Once the extension has been added, hit the "Sign in" button in the extension popup.
How to use
- Open any PDF file, whether it's from a public URL with a.pdf extension or any local PDF file.
- The PDF.ai icon can be found in the bottom-right corner once it has been opened.
- Click it to open the chat window and start chatting with your PDF.
And that's how simple it is ✌️
Integrations
We presently support Dropbox and Google Drive. You will also notice our PDF.ai chatbot icon in the lower right corner of any PDF files you open from either of these two cloud storage services.
Thanks so much for reading.
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If you need more, you can always go to our Resources Section.
This is just the beginning. We have crossed 350,000+ users, and the features and use cases will keep coming.