Does it work on scanned PDFs?

Only if the PDF has real, selectable text. Pure image scans have no text to summarize yet.

Yes, PDF summarization is free with no watermark and no sign-up.

The PDF is read in your browser; only the extracted text is sent securely to generate the summary. The file itself is never uploaded or stored.

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