OpenRead
OpenRead is an AI research assistant for academics and students that searches papers, generates structured summaries, answers questions about any uploaded PDF via its "Oat" assistant, and maps citation networks into a related-paper graph. A literature-review alternative to SciSpace and Elicit, with unlimited PDF parsing and translation across 10+ languages.
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