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Chat with PDF and Other Documents Using AI

Ask a document questions and get answers that tell you which page to look at.

Chat with PDF
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About Chat with PDF

Chat with PDF when you need a specific answer from a long document rather than a summary of all of it: the notice period in a lease, the reset steps in a device manual, the sample size in a study. Ask in plain language and each answer comes with page references, so you can open that page and read the exact wording.

Besides PDF, you can upload Word, PowerPoint, EPUB, HTML, Markdown and text files. Follow-up questions work like a conversation, so you can dig deeper without starting over. The AI answers from the document you uploaded, but it can still misread a table or miss a condition, which is exactly why the page references are there. Check the source before you rely on an answer.

How to use Chat with PDF

  1. 1
    Upload your document

    To chat with PDF files or other documents, choose a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, EPUB, HTML, MD or TXT file.

  2. 2
    Ask a question

    Type your question in plain language, the way you'd ask a colleague.

  3. 3
    Read the answer and source

    Each answer lists the pages it's based on. Open them to check the wording.

  4. 4
    Keep the conversation going

    Ask follow-up questions without uploading the file again.

Why use Cubfile for this

  • Answers with page references

    Every answer shows where it came from, so you can check it straight away.

  • Plain-language questions

    No keywords or search syntax. Ask the way you'd ask a person.

  • Follow-up questions

    Build on earlier answers and narrow things down step by step.

  • Works beyond PDF

    Word, PowerPoint, EPUB, HTML, Markdown and plain text documents are supported too.

FAQ

Chat with PDF: questions and answers

How does chat with PDF find the answer?
The AI reads the document you upload and answers from its content, with references to the pages it used. Open those pages to confirm the details.
Can I chat with PDF files that are scanned?
Only after OCR. A scan is an image, so run it through OCR PDF first to give the AI text to read.
What kinds of questions work best?
Specific ones, like "What is the notice period?" or "Which models does chapter 4 cover?". Broad requests to cover everything are better handled by the AI Summarizer.
Can I chat with PDF files for free?
One AI task a day comes with a free account, for files up to 50 MB; VIP plans add a monthly allowance of AI credits.
Is my document kept private?
Yes. It's handled in an isolated process after an encrypted upload and deleted automatically after one hour. We never use your documents to train AI.
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