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Free PDF Summarizer

Summarize Any PDF — Research Papers, Reports, Books

Drag-and-drop a PDF — get a 1-sentence, 3-bullet, or paragraph summary. Works on research papers, reports, eBooks, anything. Privacy: your file is processed in seconds and never stored.

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What is it

What is a PDF Summarizer?

Research papers, white papers, e-books, reports, and academic articles are usually 10-50 pages long. Reading every word is rarely the best use of your time — you usually want the gist, the main argument, and the key findings. A PDF summarizer extracts the text, runs it through an LLM, and gives you a structured summary in 30 seconds. TextSight's PDF summarizer accepts text-based PDFs up to 20 MB. The file is processed server-side, the text is summarized, and the file is deleted within 60 seconds — never stored, never used to train models.
What makes it different

Why TextSight's PDF Summarizer is different

Works on any text-based PDF
Research papers, e-books, reports, white papers — anything with selectable text.
Privacy-respecting
Files are deleted within 60 seconds of processing. Not stored, not used for training.
4 length options
Quick TLDR or detailed multi-paragraph summary.
Humanization Score on the summary
Confirm it reads human if you're going to use it.
Use cases

Who uses it

Researchers
Quickly assess papers before deep reading.
Students
Summarize textbook chapters chapter-by-chapter.
Lawyers
Get the gist of long contracts before close-reading.
Investors
Extract key points from earnings reports and prospectuses.
Marketers
Summarize industry reports for internal briefings.
Anyone with a "read later" pile
Triage what's worth reading in full.
FAQ

Common questions

Is the PDF summarizer free?

Yes, 5 PDFs per day with no signup. Sign up free for 50/day.

Is my PDF private?

Files are processed server-side then deleted within 60 seconds. We don't store them, train on them, or share them.

Maximum PDF size?

Up to 20 MB per upload.

Does it work on scanned PDFs (image-based)?

No — we extract text from the PDF's text layer. Scanned image-only PDFs (no text layer) won't extract. For those, OCR the PDF first using a tool like Adobe Acrobat or Smallpdf.

What about password-protected PDFs?

Remove the password first (most PDF tools can do this), then upload.

Can it summarize specific sections of the PDF?

Currently summarizes the whole document. To summarize a section, copy that section's text and use the regular AI Summarizer.

Are images / charts / tables summarized?

Text extracted from tables is included. Pure images and charts are skipped.

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