AI PDF Reader

Spec sheet

Purpose

AI PDF Reader lets readers ask questions about PDFs and follow clickable citations to the exact page.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Founded

2007Read 23 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Maker

Software Tailor says it was founded in Hong Kong in 2007.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Annotations

Users can highlight, underline, strike through, add notes and shapes, and bookmark pages; annotations and bookmarks are written into the PDF itself.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Cloud model boundary

If an optional cloud provider is supported, the app identifies that route before use and the provider's terms apply.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Encryption

The maker says data is encrypted at rest and a private encrypted copy of annotations and bookmarks stays on the device.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Free access

The product page says its useful free path has no time limit.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Languages

The interface follows the operating system language and is available in 16 languages.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Local processing

With a local model, PDF extraction, indexing, retrieval and answering run on the device and continue working offline after model download.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

PDF reading

The reader includes zoom and fit, rotation, continuous or single-page layouts, thumbnails, document search, text selection and copy, and auto-scroll with a reading-speed tracker.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Pro features

Pro adds OCR for scanned PDFs, whole-document summaries, questions across open PDFs, premium and multilingual models, and optional cloud providers.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Target users

The product page describes it for readers who need document-grounded answers and a direct path back to the exact page.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Telemetry

Product telemetry is separate from prompts and results and can be disabled; it requires opt-in in specified privacy regions and Apple builds but may start enabled elsewhere.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

Windows automation

The Windows edition includes a headless command-line tool that also works as an MCP server for querying PDFs on the user's infrastructure.Read 30 Sep 2026 · softwaretailor.com

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