Skip retyping your PDF into a chatbot
Most students trying to get a quiz out of a PDF end up copy-pasting chunks of it into ChatGPT, losing formatting and math along the way. This tool reads the PDF directly — upload it, get a quiz back. No copy-paste, no reformatting.
What makes a good source PDF
- Best: Textbook chapters, typed lecture notes, study guides with explicit definitions and facts.
- OK: Slide decks exported to PDF — works, though bullet-point slides give the AI less to work with than prose.
- Won't work: Scanned or photographed pages with no text layer — there's nothing for the parser to read.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of PDF works?
Any PDF with selectable text — textbook chapters, lecture slides exported as PDF, typed study guides. Scanned pages or photographed textbooks (image-only PDFs) won't work since there's no text layer to read.
How big can the PDF be?
Up to 15 pages and 8MB. For a longer document, split it and generate a quiz per section, or sign up for Notiq for larger source material.
Is my PDF stored anywhere?
No. The file is read in memory to extract its text, used for one generation, and then discarded — nothing is written to disk or a database.
Why does it say "could not find readable text"?
That means the PDF has no text layer — it's likely a scan or a photo saved as PDF. Try a version with real (selectable) text, or re-type the key sections into the text-to-quiz tool instead.
Is there a rate limit?
5 generations per IP per hour — PDF parsing plus the AI call costs a bit more than the plain text tool. Sign up for Notiq for unlimited use.
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- Text to quiz — paste text directly instead of uploading a file
- PDF to flashcards — review instead of testing
- YouTube to quiz — straight from a video link