Can Scholaris handle large textbooks (1000+ pages)?

Yes. Scholaris processes documents page by page. Large textbooks take longer to process initially, but once indexed, search is instant.

Does Scholaris work with scanned textbook PDFs?

Yes. Scholaris uses GLM-OCR to extract text from scanned pages, including those with diagrams, tables, and mathematical notation.

Can I search for equations or formulas?

Text-based descriptions of equations are searchable (e.g., "quadratic formula"). Direct LaTeX or image-based equation search is not yet supported but is planned.

How to Search Inside Textbooks with AI

The Problem with Traditional Textbook Search

Textbooks -- whether physical or digital -- have limited search functionality. Print textbooks rely on the index, which only covers terms the publisher chose to include. Digital textbooks have basic keyword search, but it misses conceptual connections and cannot search across multiple textbooks simultaneously. Students studying for exams often need to find how different textbooks explain the same concept, but there is no practical way to do cross-textbook comparison with traditional tools.

How AI Search Works

AI textbook search creates a semantic understanding of each textbook's content. Every chapter, section, and paragraph is embedded into a vector space where similar concepts cluster together. When you search for a concept, the AI finds all relevant explanations across all your textbooks, ranked by relevance. This means you can compare how different textbooks explain the same idea, or find supplementary explanations when one textbook's coverage is unclear.

Step-by-Step Workflow

1. **Upload your textbooks** -- Add PDFs or EPUBs of your textbooks to Scholaris. 2. **Chapter-aware processing** -- Scholaris identifies chapter boundaries and section structure. 3. **Full-text indexing** -- Every page is processed and semantically indexed. 4. **Concept search** -- Search for a concept and find all relevant sections across all textbooks. 5. **Compare explanations** -- See how different textbooks cover the same topic, side by side. 6. **Study efficiently** -- Focus your study time on the most relevant sections.

Scholaris Capabilities

Scholaris transforms textbooks into an interactive, searchable study system: - **Multi-textbook search**: Search across all your textbooks at once to find the best explanation of any concept. - **Chapter-aware results**: Results include chapter and section references, not just page numbers. - **Concept comparison**: See how different textbooks explain the same topic. - **Exam preparation**: Search for all mentions of a topic to build comprehensive study notes. - **Works with any format**: Supports PDF textbooks (including scanned ones) and EPUBs. - **No internet required**: All processing runs locally.