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Tool Extracts PDF/DOCX Highlights into AI-Generated Summaries
A developer built an app that extracts highlights, underlines, and comments from PDFs and DOCX files into a structured list. It uses Google's Gemini AI to cluster highlights by theme and generate connected summaries. The tool exports to Markdown, Word, PDF, or Anki flashcards.
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A practical productivity tool for knowledge workers, but its reliance on Gemini and limited file format support may restrict adoption.
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I Read Too Much and Forgot Everything So I Built a Tool That Turns My Annotations Into Something I'll Actually Reread. →
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