Day 13 10DaysOfAI talk to my pdf
| Today you will learn how to quickly extract useful insights from your PDF docs! |
# Task for the Day  |
 Project: Extract Insights from a PDF |
 Estimated time: 30 minutes |
 Tools: ChatPDF |
| ### Context Building |
| Today you’ll learn how to surface the most important parts of lengthy documents using ChatPDF. |
| ChatPDF is a chatbot for querying PDFs. It allows you to ask specific questions about a PDF document and get precise answers in return. It’s like a personal assistant who reads the entire document for you and provides you with the specific information you need in an instant. |
| With ChatPDF you can turn complex documents into interactive, searchable resources. It’s a game-changer for anyone who regularly works with long, detailed PDF documents. |
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| In this lesson you’ll learn: |
| – The basics of ChatPDF – How to find the information you need from long documents |
### Let’s Prep  |
| What’s ChatPDF? |
| ChatPDF is a tool that uses artificial intelligence to enable you to ask questions about a PDF document and receive relevant answers in return. |
| What can you use ChatPDF for? |
| You can build everything from interactive textbooks, automated report analysers, and AI-assisted research assistants. |
| Prepare to create! |
| To make your life easier when you start this lesson, it’s good to get some practical stuff out the way first. Follow these steps so you’re ready to go! |
| – Create an account in ChatPDF here – Find a PDF document you’d like to query.  Hint: Maybe you could use one of the tools you used this week to help you find a PDF to query? Ensure it’s primarily text-based as ChatPDF does not currently interpret images or scanned text.–  Important: You can use ChatPDF for free for up to 2 PDFs per day, with up to 120 pages |
### Time to Cook  |
 Open ChatPDF |
 Drag and drop a document from your computer into it. |
 After uploading a PDF, you’ll be taken to the chat interface. Here, you can type questions about your PDF and receive your answers. |
 Try clicking the blue send icon to ask some of the auto generated questions to see how it works! |
