Chat with a PDF, then check the answer on the page
Upload a PDF, ask a question the way you would ask a colleague, and get an answer that quotes the passage it is based on. Click the quote and Docamend scrolls to that page and highlights the exact lines.
Who it's for: Anyone who has to find something specific in a long PDF: a clause, a deadline, a figure, a definition.
How chatting with a PDF works in Docamend
- Sign in with Google and upload the PDF. Text PDFs are read directly; scanned pages are read with OCR.
- Docamend splits the document into passages and indexes them, so it can find the parts that matter for each question. A 100-page text PDF typically takes a minute or two.
- Ask a question. Docamend finds the most relevant passages, writes an answer from them only, and attaches the quotes it used.
- Click any quote. The PDF viewer jumps to the page and highlights the lines, so you can read the surrounding text before you rely on the answer.
Why the quote matters more than the answer
A fluent answer is easy to produce and hard to trust. The useful part is the evidence: which sentence in your document says so, and on which page. Docamend is built around that. An answer that cannot point to text in your document is reported as not found instead of being filled in from general knowledge.
That makes it practical for documents where a wrong answer costs something: a contract, a policy, an exam text, a report you have to cite.
Three answer depths
Fast
Reads the passages that best match your question and answers in seconds. Good for "where does it say..." and single facts.
Quality
Reads more of the document, covers each part of a multi-part question and checks every point against the page. About a minute.
Max
Reads the widest set of passages, follows references between sections, searches again for anything the first draft missed and reviews the finished answer. About two to three minutes.
Good first questions to ask
- What is the deadline for ..., and what happens if it is missed?
- Which section defines ..., and what exactly does it include?
- List every fee or charge mentioned, with the page for each.
- Does the document say anything about ...? If not, say so.
Limits to know
- Answers come only from the uploaded document. Docamend will not answer from general knowledge, so a question the document does not cover returns "not found".
- Uploads and questions use credits. Free credits are available; the exact costs and file-size and page limits are on the pricing page.
- Highlights depend on the text layer. Unusual layouts such as multi-column tables can make a highlight cover a little more or less than the exact sentence.
Questions
Can I chat with a PDF for free?
Yes, within the free credits. During the current testing phase a limited number of people each day get free credits that cover an upload and several questions, and more become available after a waiting period. The current amounts are on the pricing page.
Does Docamend answer from the internet or from my PDF?
From your PDF. Questions are answered from passages retrieved from the uploaded document, and each answer quotes them. Web sources are only used by the separate fact-check and Audit tools, and those show their sources.
How long can the PDF be?
Page and file-size limits depend on whether you are using free credits or bought credits. The current limits are shown on the pricing page and before each upload.