Document question answering

Add your documents, ask a question in a sentence, and get an answer drawn from your own text. ReasonDocs keeps the files in a project so every follow-up has the same source.
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How document question answering works in ReasonDocs
A source, a question, an answer, and a way to check it.
A source you choose
The answer is drawn from the documents in your project.
A question in a sentence
Ask for a notice period, an owner, a limit, or a total.
Search that follows your meaning
ReasonDocs expands your question, searches the documents, and validates the matches before it answers.
Findings from each document
Open the findings to see what each document contributed to the answer.
Document filters
Select the documents that should count and ask again.
A chat other people can ask
Publish a link or embed the chat so teammates and customers can ask too.
How to ask a document a question
Short, specific questions get the clearest answers.
1. Add your documents
Upload PDF, .txt, .md, or .csv files, paste text, or import a link.
2. Name the fact
Ask for a date, a threshold, an owner, or a step.
3. Follow up
Ask about the exception, the next step, or the group the rule applies to.
4. Verify and keep the project
Open the findings to confirm the answer, then keep the project for the next question.
Where document question answering saves time
Anywhere the answer is in a file you already own.
Policies and contracts
Look up notice periods, limits, and obligations with one question.
Handbooks and READMEs
Answer how-to questions straight from the written source.
Exports and reports
Ask about totals and groups in a CSV.
Asking compared with keyword search
Keyword search looks for the words you type. A question can reach the idea behind them.
Ask in a full sentence
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Keyword search
Search by meaning as well as exact words
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Keyword search
Follow-up questions in the same chat
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Keyword search
Share the chat with a public link
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Keyword search
Capability
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Keyword search
Ask in a full sentence
Search by meaning as well as exact words
Follow-up questions in the same chat
Share the chat with a public link

Document question answering FAQ

What the term means and how it works in ReasonDocs.

You ask a question and a tool answers from a document you provided instead of from the open web.

Start with chat with PDF for contracts and reports, chat with text for notes and markdown, or chat with CSV for spreadsheet exports.

Yes. Expand the findings under the answer to see what each document contributed.

PDF, .txt, .md, and .csv files, pasted text, and links to .txt, .md, and .csv files. See supported file types.

Put them in one project and ask across all of them. See chat with a project.

Answers are written from your documents and the findings are one click away, so you can compare any key figure or date with the source before you share it.
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