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The New Era of AI-Powered Knowledge Bases

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Knowledge bases are nothing new in today’s industries. From LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters Knowledge Base to ClinicalKey, these databases have long played a vital role in information storage and retrieval. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has fundamentally transformed what knowledge bases can do, prompting many systems to undergo major upgrades. But how exactly can AI knowledge bases help us? Let’s explore what sets AI knowledge bases apart, how they benefit users, and how you can create one of your own. What Is an AI Knowledge Base? Before diving into AI knowledge bases, let’s first clarify what a knowledge base actually is. According to Wikipedia: In computer science, a knowledge base (KB) is a set of sentences expressed in a knowledge representation language, with interfaces for adding new sentences and querying known information. These interfaces may use inference. A KB is a technology used to store complex structured data used by a computer system.   That sounds a...

Top PDF Q&A Tools - Ask Anything About Your PDFs

I researched the top  PDF Q&A  AI tools tailored for general users, focusing on English-language support. I’ll compare both web-based and downloadable tools using criteria such as accuracy, speed, pricing, privacy, and third-party integrations. The final article will include a comparison table for clarity. Top PDF Q&A AI Tools AI-powered PDF Q&A tools let you upload PDF files and  conversationally  ask questions about their content. Instead of manually reading, these tools index the document and use NLP models to fetch answers, summaries, or translations from the text. They can dramatically speed up research or review tasks by quickly extracting key facts or summarizing sections without scanning pages. Modern tools even highlight source passages, provide in-chat citations, or cross-link to the original PDF context for verification. When comparing PDF chatbots, users commonly evaluate  accuracy ,  speed ,  pricing ,  privacy/security , ...

5 Hidden PDF Features That Save Me 2+ Hours a Week!

  The Portable Document Format (PDF) is ubiquitous in our digital lives, from work reports to academic papers and personal documents. While most of us are familiar with opening, reading, and perhaps even signing PDFs, a wealth of powerful, yet often overlooked, features lies hidden within. Tapping into these can significantly boost productivity and, in my experience, reclaim at least two precious hours every week. Forget basic viewing – it's time to unlock your PDF software's true potential. ( Build PDF Editor   with following features for your users now!) Here are five hidden PDF features that have revolutionized my workflow: 1. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) - The Searchable Savior: How often have you received a scanned PDF – essentially an image of text – and desperately needed to find a specific word or copy a paragraph? Manually retyping is a soul-crushing time sink. Enter Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Most robust PDF editors (like Adobe Acrobat Pro, Foxit PDF...

How to Insert Images into a PDF: Best Tools Compared

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  Whether you're creating marketing materials, compiling reports, or customizing documents, the ability to insert images into a PDF is essential. Fortunately, there are several tools—both online and offline—that make this task simple. In this article, we’ll compare popular tools for adding images to PDFs and recommend the best solution depending on your usage scenario: online editing, device-based use, or enterprise-level document workflows. Comparing Online Tools for Adding Images to PDF Online tools offer convenience and accessibility. No software installation is needed—just open your browser, upload your PDF, and start editing. Here's how some leading online tools compare: Tool Features Pros Cons Smallpdf Upload, add images, text, shapes Easy to use, clean UI Limited free usage, watermarking PDFCandy Insert images, annotations Decent feature set Slower upload speed iLovePDF Add images and text User-friendly, good performance Requires login for full features ComPDF Web Demo A...

Guides to Build a React.js PDF Viewer with React PDF

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In this article, we'll focus on the most favored open-source libraries for crafting a PDF Viewer in  React.js . Specifically, we're going to guide you through the process of creating a React.js PDF Viewer by leveraging the capabilities of the renowned open-source library —  react-pdf .    Through this walkthrough, you will learn how to implement a fully functional PDF viewer in a React.js application using React-PDF in the first part. In the second part, we will focus on integrating  ComPDFKit  to provide additional PDF features, further enhancing the document processing experience for users.     Open Source React.js PDF Viewer Libraries   In React.js development, various open-source libraries, especially  react-pdf  and @react-pdf/renderer,  which are very popular, facilitate PDF viewing. @react-pdf/renderer with a weekly download count on npm reaching as high as 54K, meanwhile,  the React-PDF weekly download count on npm...