Ask a PDF
Extracts a PDF’s text in your browser, then answers a question about it with a hosted LLM. Uses 2 credits per run.
About Ask a PDF
Ask a PDF lets you pose a question about a document and get an answer back. It extracts the PDF's text locally in your browser, then sends that text plus your question to a hosted LLM. Use it to find a buried clause, a number, or a fact without scrolling through dozens of pages. Each run uses 2 credits.
- Category
- export
- Input
- Accepts: application/pdf.
- Output
- Outputs: text/plain.
- Cost
- Credit-metered
- Memory
- medium
Common uses
- Ask "what's the termination notice period?" of a long service agreement
- Find the reported revenue figure in a financial statement without hunting through tables
- Check whether a policy document covers a specific scenario you have in mind
- Pull the deadline or effective date out of a multi-page legal notice
- Ask a technical manual how to perform one specific procedure
- Confirm whether a research paper mentions a particular method or dataset
Frequently asked questions
Is the PDF uploaded to a server?
The text extraction happens in your browser; only the extracted text and your question are sent to the hosted model. The PDF file itself stays on your device.
How much does it cost?
2 credits per run, because the answer is generated by wyreup's hosted LLM.
Can it answer questions about a scanned document?
Not directly. Scanned PDFs are images with no text layer, so there's nothing to extract. Run OCR first, then ask questions of the resulting text.
What's the difference between this and Summarize PDF?
Summarize PDF gives a general overview of the whole document. Ask a PDF answers a specific question you provide, returning a targeted response rather than a summary.
What does the answer look like?
Plain text. The model answers based on the document's content, so phrasing a clear, specific question gives the most reliable result.
Keywords
- question
- answer
- document
- ask
- pro
- ai
- llm