ChatPDF Clone

A simple question-answering system for PDF documents, similar to chatPDF. Upload a PDF and ask questions about its content.

Features

The system can handle different types of questions about PDF documents:

1. Direct questions - Questions that can be matched directly to text in the document

   • "What is CDE?"
   • "Which datasets are used for evaluation?"

2. Indirect questions - Questions requiring interpretation and synthesis

   • "Why should we use the proposed method?"

3. Reference identification - Finding key references that inspire methodologies

Usage

Simple command-line interface for asking questions about PDF documents.

Setup

1. Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Set your Gemini API key in environment variables
3. Run: python main.py chat your_document.pdf

Testing

Test with the included research papers:

BERT Paper Questions:

• What kind of neural network architecture is used?
• What datasets have been used for evaluation?
• What are the main discoveries?
• What is the key insight of the proposed method?

Similar questions can be asked for the other included papers.