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Finding things in your own documents.
Practical guides to searching folders of PDFs, scans and notes, privately, on your own computer.
4 October 2026 · 2 min read
Find a clause in a pile of contracts in seconds
Notice periods, renewal dates, liability caps: a practical way to find the clause you need across dozens of contracts, with the page to cite, without uploading confidential agreements.
4 October 2026 · 2 min read
How to make scanned PDFs and photos searchable, privately
A scanned PDF is a picture of a page, so search can't find anything in it. Text recognition (OCR) fixes that, and it can run on your own computer instead of someone's server.
4 October 2026 · 2 min read
How to search inside a folder of PDFs without uploading them
Most "chat with your PDF" tools upload your documents to a server. Here's how to search a whole folder of PDFs, Word files and notes in plain words while every file stays on your computer.