In today's age of information explosion, AI reading tools are revolutionizing the way we read and have become the key to improving efficiency and optimizing the reading experience.
This type of AI reading aids, only need to upload a document or enter a link, it can be directly in the form of a chat conversation one-key summary and intelligent Q&A, to meet the user's AI PDF reading, AI document Q&A analysis, AI audio and video summarization of a variety of practical needs, to efficiently refine the essence of the main points of the information, and to establish their own AI knowledge management and information management workflow.
In this regard, according to the reading scene, 13 representative, high-quality AI reading assistant assistants with their own characteristics have been selected. See the summary at the end of the article for details on how to choose.
01 Kimi Chat
Introduction: An AI assistant with non-destructive ultra-long memory, supporting a variety of functions including AI search, AI Q&A, AI reading, etc. Among them, AI search is more accurate and provides reference sources. Among them, the AI search function is more accurate and provides reference sources.
Product Features:
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Accurate retrieval of information: semantic-based networked search, integration of fragmented information
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Reading papers efficiently: quick summaries of long texts to break down language barriers
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Quickly organize information: multiple documents, extract the contents as needed, organize them into tables
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Assisted writing articles: combing outlines, continuing articles, your content creation scaffolding
Platform: Web browser access, WeChat mini program "Kimi Intelligent Assistant" also available
Price: Free during the beta period, subsequent premium versions require a subscription.
Testimonials: This AI assistant features support for ultra-long text interaction, and can read 200,000 words in one breath, analyze 50 PDFs, and be proficient in a variety of languages to help you read papers, search web pages, write articles, and organize and translate information more efficiently.
02 FlowUs AI
Introduction: FlowUs AI is a knowledge management and online document collaboration platform that provides a variety of intelligent workflow solutions including AI Reading, AI Writing, AI Multi-Dimensional Forms, AI Knowledge Base and AI Chat. Among them, the AI reading function mainly refers to the AI intelligent dialog based on PDF, Word and other documents, which analyzes and understands documents through AI.
Product Features:
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AI reading assistant: upload documents in local PDF and other formats, use AI to talk to the documents, and realize fast reading, deep questioning, and citation back through AI Q&A.
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AI writing assistant: supports brainstorming, listing executive steps, listing outlines, analyzing strengths and weaknesses, explaining content, daily journaling, story creation, writing articles, translating, summarizing, expanding, continuing, and many other AI writing scenarios.
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AI Multi-Dimensional Forms: Create multi-dimensional forms with a single click through AI, and summarize, interpret, translate and other data processing tasks for multi-dimensional form contents.
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AI Knowledge Base: Use all document content as a knowledge base and use AI to ask questions about the content of your notes through the dialog window.
Usage Scenario: Suitable for a variety of scenarios such as improving work efficiency, academic research, content creation and data processing.
Platform: Supports all platforms including WeChat Small Program.
Price: Divided into individual free version, individual professional version, group version, team version.
Usage Review:
- The product is feature-rich and up-to-date, offering a variety of useful functions around document collaboration.
- The easy-to-use and powerful knowledge management platform provides a wide range of useful functions to fulfill the needs from input to output.
03 WetabAI
Introduction: Wetab is a browser-based new tab page product that supports a variety of beautiful and useful components to help users create a home page with efficiency and beauty.Wetab built-in WetabAI components, providing AI document reading, AI chat dialog, AI painting and other features.
Product Features:
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Provides a library of useful, good-looking widgets;
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Built-in GPT source, WetabAI, provides free, stable, and ready-to-use AI assistance services;
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Rich, customizable site icon library; quickly callable resident dock bar;
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Support for folder management site icons;
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Dashboard homepage that supports fast switching and enables efficient categorization;
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Convenient customized and aggregated searches;
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Free, great looking and extensive HD wallpaper library;
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Simple and elegant interaction design;
Platform: Desktop web support, mobile support. ios mobile support for download by providing Safari plugin, android by installing Wetab plugin in Lemur browser.
Price: Basic features are free. AI Advanced features require payment.
Testimonials:Wetab is a browser new tab page add-on that is both beautiful and useful. Every time you open a browser tab, you can quickly and easily access the Wetab AI assistant.
04 Bauer AI
Introduction:Pack Reading AI is an intelligent AI reading platform designed to improve the efficiency of reading and research through efficient information distillation and instant answer acquisition.
Product Features:
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Supports multiple document formats such as PDF, DOCX, scanned documents, etc;
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Provides full-text overviews, chapter-by-chapter summaries, and intelligent guides;
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Multi-language AI translation;
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Cross-document queries.
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Support for a wide range of document formats;
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Efficient ability to distill information;
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Multi-language support and translation;
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Suitable for multiple research and educational scenarios.
Platform: Web browser access. Price: Basic functionality is free to use.
Usage Scenario: Supports reading various contents such as web pages, thesis documents, legal documents, academic research, product manuals, market reports, e-books and so on.
05 Haven of Hope AI
Introduction: Spirit Office is an online intelligent assistant that integrates AI reading, AI translation, AI writing, AI dialog generation and other functions, providing a variety of AI services to improve daily office efficiency. Among them, Spirit Office AI Document Reading helps students, researchers and professionals to read documents efficiently with a tool that accelerates the understanding and analysis of academic materials through artificial intelligence.
Product Features:
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Automatically generate document summaries;
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Extracting the research core and industry outlook;
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Quickly recognize and explain complex concepts.
Product Features:
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Supports a variety of document formats with files up to 50M;
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Efficiently handle documents up to 200 pages long.
Platform: Web-based access. Price: Basic features are free, premium features require a subscription.
Evaluation: Spirit Office AI reading is powerful, can quickly extract the academic core content, greatly improving the efficiency of literature reading.
06 Newledge
Introduction: card style design note-taking software that provides a one-stop knowledge management solution, including AI Summary + Cut & Hide + Read Annotation + Card Notes + Efficient Output.
Introduction: AI assistant for the personal era. It is a one-stop solution for information management and knowledge management that emphasizes on serving users' workflow and integrates various practical functions such as webpage clipping, WeChat clipping, AI article summaries, webpage reading annotations, open and ready-to-use card notes, integrated notion database and so on.
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Article Cut & Hide. Article content from any platform can be collected with a single click via WeChat Assistant, browser plug-ins, etc., so you never have to worry about it again.
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Inspiration Record. A paragraph, a picture, a voice multiple formats as you want to record, in WeChat, in the browser, in the app, where the idea arises from where to record.
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Multi-end immersive reading. The original webpage has been reformatted on both the mobile and computer sides, removing redundant controls and bringing a more focused enjoyment to your reading experience.
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AI Summary for Long Articles. It supports one-click summarization of the arguments of the article, no matter how long the article is, you can quickly understand the general idea and strengthen the understanding of the article.
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Linked Notes. A comprehensive organization and summary of all users' highlighted notes and ideas for easy access and retrieval.
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Synchronize third-party knowledge base. All annotations and ideas are automatically synchronized with Notion, Flomo and Obsidian, and FlowUs and other third-party note-taking software will be supported in the future.
Platforms: web-based, mobile. Desktop will be supported later.
Price: Subscription based.
Usage Review:
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Native app, beautifully designed, great experience to use, like opening a professional digital magazine;
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The product is updated and iterative, and the community atmosphere is friendly;
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The product design concept is advanced and centers around every aspect of the user's workflow, concentrating on polishing the functions and improving the user experience.
07 WallesAI
Introduction: All in One all-in-one AI reading tool. Walles AI= AI chat dialog tool + AI web page reading tool + AI PDF document reading tool + AI video reading tool ......
Product Features:
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Read the current web page at breakneck speed. Lets you have a GPT-like dialog experience with any web page, PDF document, YouTube video.
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One-click processing of selected text. Select any text on a web page and let GPT-3.5-based interpret, translate, summarize, and more. Execute commands without leaving the web page.
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Your browser's super-powered teammate. Open the sidebar to talk to easily, all powered by GPT-4.0 and GPT-3.5, just as smart as GPT.
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Support YouTube, Bilibili video summary. Open YouTube and Bilibili to get video summaries and quickly generate summary outlines without wasting a lot of time watching the full video.
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Chat logs can be exported to Notion. Don't ask questions and then forget about them. Don't ask and answer questions and then forget about them. All your chats and notes on Notion can be exported to Notion.
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Support for AI chat conversations.
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A collection of multiple AI reading functions in one, including AI web page reading, AI PDF reading, and AI video reading.
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Easy to use, using AI to assist with the vast majority of your reading data.
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Emphasis on workflow.AI reading content supports importing to major note-taking software such as Notion.
Platform: Web browser access; Price: Free for basic version, subscription required for premium version. Early bird pricing is currently supported.
USAGE REVIEW: Walles AI is equivalent to the integration of several AI reading scenarios. If you are interested in AI reading tools, then a subscription to this one is enough.
08 ChatPDF
Synopsis: ChatPDF is a revolutionary AI tool that allows users to have interactive conversations with PDF documents. It is especially suited for students, researchers and professionals to help them quickly understand and answer questions related to document content.
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Prepare students for tests, help with homework, and answer multiple choice questions;
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Provides researchers with quick access to information on scientific papers, scholarly articles and books;
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Handled legal contracts, financial reports, manuals and training materials for professionals;
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Support PDF files in any language and be able to communicate in any language;
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Provide referenced answers from the original PDF document to avoid page-flipping.
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Similar to GPT, but specifically for PDF files;
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Simple and secure, files are stored in secure cloud storage and are not shared;
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No need to turn the page to get the cited answer;
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Globally available and multi-language support.
Platform: for all devices, accessed through a browser. Price: Free to use.
Usage comments: A representative product in the field of PDF AI, especially suitable for quickly extracting and understanding the content of PDF files. It is suitable for a variety of professional fields and academic research, enabling users to efficiently obtain the required information from documents.
09 BibiGPT
Introduction: audio and video content AI one-click summary & dialog, tracking subtitle content to quickly generate summaries and abstracts.
Key Features
- Content parsing format: display Emoji, timestamp, segmented detailed summary, dialog mode, outline level, number of bullet points, sentence length, output language, and many other settings.
- Content text: support summary abstract, mind map, subtitle list, article view and other presentation methods.
- Share notes: Support microblogging, email, pictures, links and other sharing methods;
- Export Notes: Support one-click copying and one-click downloading to md, pdf, html, srt and many other standard formats. In addition, it also supports one-click saving of audio/video summaries to Notion Database, Flybook Webhook, Readwise, Roam Research, Obsidian, Logseq, Tana, Craft, Cubox and other common note-taking software or knowledge management tools.
Supported formats: video, podcast, audio, article, website link, or upload local files. For example, it supports any web links from B station, Youtube, Xiaohongshu, Shake, Twitter, Xiaoxun, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, local video, local audio or article.
How to use: Enter the audio and video links, or upload a local file, click on the summary of a key to parse the generated content, instant access to the "AI one-click summary" & Thinking Maps & Subtitle List & AI rewrite the graphic & AI Dialogue Follow-up & Popular Video Summary & audio and video! Knowledge Base!
Platforms: PWA clients, browser plug-ins, quick favorite bookmarks, iOS shortcut commands, and more.
Pricing: billed according to the number of hours used, also supports calling your own OpenAI API.
10 PodWise
Synopsis: Podwise is a knowledge management app designed for podcast enthusiasts. It offers a range of powerful features including AI-driven content summarization, mind map generation to show podcast content structure, content outline creation, one-click listening to key points of content in the outline, discovery of engaging quotes, accurate transcription of podcast episodes, and seamless connectivity with knowledge management workflows.
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Supports subscription to favorite content for quick access to structured knowledge;
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AI-driven content summarization helps users grasp the essence of any podcast episode in minutes;
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Display mind maps of podcast content, making it easy to capture key elements of the content;
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Condense any content into a 3-minute outline, highlighting key points and a summary of the chosen duration;
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Listen to key points in the syllabus corresponding to the content with one click;
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Accurate transcription of podcast episodes for easy searching of information;
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Seamlessly connect with Notion, Obsidian, Readwise and other knowledge management workflows to improve knowledge management efficiency.
Price: Different pricing plans are available to meet different user needs. Free plans are available with upgrades as needed. Standard is $5.90 per month and Pro is $11.90 per month with a 40% discount on annual plans.
USER REVIEW: AI Assist is precise and impressive. It solves the problem of enjoying podcasts while having a weakened memory, is very helpful for long podcasts, and saves a lot of time when preparing material.
11 UPDF
Introduction: UPDF is a multi-functional AI smart PDF editor, providing a variety of editing, annotation, OCR recognition, format conversion and document synchronization features. It supports PC and mobile, allowing one account to be used on multiple devices simultaneously.
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AI features, including document translation, summarization, touch-ups, and intelligent questioning conversations;
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One-click editing of PDF documents, including images, text, links, background color, headers and footers, watermarks and forms;
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Massive annotation tools and beautiful stickers;
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Highly accurate OCR recognition, supporting more than 40 languages;
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Support conversion between multiple formats, such as PDF to Word, PPT, image, text, etc;
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One-click document cloud synchronization with multi-device access support;
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Digital signature function to ensure file security;
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Multiple PDF page management tools such as merge, split, replace, crop, sort, extract and insert.
Platforms: PC and mobile support, including Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
Price: pay once, available on all platforms.
Testimonials: UPDF is an efficient, simple and powerful PDF editing tool. Particularly suitable for academic research, law and education, users highly rate the accuracy of its OCR function and the convenience of its editing features.
12 Janet SimpRead
Description: A one-stop AI reading tool that combines Cut & Stash, Read Later, Read, Annotate, Review, Export, and more.
Product Features:
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Support AI reading assistance. It provides OpenAI-based full-text summary, annotation-based summarization, AI-assisted Q&A, etc. It has built-in preset mode, question mode, Q&A mode and other scenarios. Among them, built-in preset mode - question mode - Q&A mode - phrase mode and other scenarios.
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Supports a variety of clipping and hiding methods.
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The reading mode for the ultimate experience is widely adapted to several common sites.
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Comes with read later and labeling.
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Powerful export program. Supports export to more than a dozen common efficiency tools, also provides customized export, automated export.
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Open local system environment. Users have a high degree of control over their data and data migration is easy.
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Convenient API.
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Rich detail optimization.
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Good value for money and supportive of buyouts.
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The community is active and there is a great atmosphere of communication.
Platform: web-based, desktop, mobile. Price: Free to use, premium version supports buyout.
Usage Review:
JaneYue is an information management and knowledge management tool with a complete workflow built in.
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The biggest difference between JenYue and other similar products is the local environment based read later / markup system, especially for user privacy (because based on local data, and no account system), that is to say: can enter the JenYue reading mode of the page can be perfectly saved locally (including: images of the local word), but also can be easily transferred to most productivity (notes) tools.
13 Feedly
Introduction: Feedly is a classic RSS aggregation service , providing RSS subscription , discovery , tagging , analysis and other services.
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Centralize all types of content (news articles, Twitter posts, blogs, newsletters, etc.).
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Leo, the AI assistant, helps filter content.
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Allow insights to be shared with team members.
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Multi-platform support.
Platform: Web, iOS, Android.
Price: A free version with limited functionality is available; Pro version is $6 per month; Pro+ version is $12 per month; an enterprise version is also available.
Usage Comments: This tool is popular for its content aggregation and AI filtering features. However, if you follow too much content, it can lead to information overload.
summarize
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Kimi Chat is an AI reading assistant featuring non-destructive ultra-long memory and is the first intelligent assistant to support 200,000 Chinese characters.
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FlowUs AI is an AI reading tool for online collaborative documents and knowledge bases, providing two reading modes: AI PDF reading and Q&A's knowledge base dialog mode.
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Wetab AI is an AI reading assistant built into the new tab page of your browser, with the main advantage of easy access from anywhere using your browser.
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Pack Reading AI is an AI reading assistant that supports content in multiple formats and assists users in efficiently refining information.
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Spirit Office AI is an all-in-one online intelligent assistant that combines AI reading, AI translation, AI writing, AI dialog generation and other functions.
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Newedge Newledge is a one-stop knowledge management solution that provides a convenient entry point for recording inspirational notes and aggregates multiple AI reading assistants.
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ChatPDF is an AI PDF reading tool based on AI dialog with PDF documents, extracting information accurately and interacting easily.
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BibiGPT is an all-in-one AI audio/video assistant that provides a variety of smart reading features such as one-click summarization, Q&A, and WeChat assistant.
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WallesAI is a one-stop reading solution, an All in One all-in-one AI reading tool that provides multi-scenario reading capabilities including web page, document, and video reading.
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Podwise is a knowledge management app designed specifically for podcast enthusiasts, offering a variety of useful features such as AI content summarization, highlight discovery, and accurate search.
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UPDF is a PDF editor as a carrier, built-in AI assistant reading tool, provides a variety of AI functions, including summarization, dialogue, translation, touch-ups and so on.
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JaneYue is a one-stop information management tool that provides a variety of functions such as cut and hide, read later, read, annotate, review, export, etc. It is built-in with a variety of AI reading modes such as preset, question, Q&A, and words.
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Feedly is an AI reading assistant based on an RSS reader, featuring a massive amount of information that offers filtering through AI.