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You already scanned it.Now just ask for itin plain English.

Every scan in your account is indexed automatically. Ask “which invoices are still unpaid?” and get a written answer that cites the exact documents it came from — no folders, no filenames, no scrolling through six months of history.

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What it looks like

You ask a question. It shows its work.

Answers stream in as they’re written, and every claim is anchored to a numbered source you can open. If the answer isn’t in your documents, it says so rather than inventing one.

Ask your documentsExample

Which invoices are still unpaid, and how much am I owed?

You have two unpaid invoices totalling $4,130.00.

Brightline Interiors owes $2,180.00 on INV-2291 01 — the original invoice was $4,180.00 and a deposit of $2,000.00 cleared on 19 August03. Halvorsen & Co owes the full $1,950.00 on INV-227402, which passed its 30-day term on 1 September.

Sources
  • 01InvoiceBrightline Interiors — INV-2291scanned 14 Aug · $4,180.00
  • 02InvoiceHalvorsen & Co — INV-2274scanned 2 Aug · $1,950.00
  • 03ReceiptDeposit slip — Brightlinescanned 19 Aug · $2,000.00

Illustrative answer and sample documents. Figures are made up; the format is what the product returns.

Two kinds of question

It reads your documents. On Business, it reads your books.

Document questions are answered from the text of your scans. Business and Enterprise accounts can also ask about live invoice and customer records — those answers come from your actual data, not from a document.

Pro and above

Across everything you’ve scanned

  • What invoices did I receive this month?
  • Summarize my most recent contract.
  • Find documents that mention taxes or payment terms.
  • Which medical records mention my primary physician?
Business & Enterprise

Against your live invoices and customers

  • What’s my outstanding balance?
  • Which invoices are overdue?
  • What does my biggest customer owe me?
How the Business plan works
How it works

No setup. No filing.

The reason document search usually fails is that it asks you to organise first. This doesn’t.

Step 01
Scan like you already do
Photos, screenshots, PDFs — anything you run through the scanner lands in your history as usual. There is no separate upload step for Ask.
Step 02
Indexing happens on its own
New scans are indexed as they arrive, and everything already in your history is backfilled the first time you open Ask. You don’t tag, file, or name anything.
Step 03
Ask, and follow the citation
Type a question the way you’d say it out loud. The answer streams back with numbered chips; tap one to open the document that claim came from.
Limits · stated up front

What it won’t do

A document assistant that quietly guesses is worse than no assistant. These are the boundaries, and they’re deliberate.

How it behaves
  • Reads only documents in your own account
  • Not a web search — it will not answer from the internet
  • Says so when the answer isn’t in your documents
  • Every claim carries a source you can open
  • Encrypted in transit, encrypted at rest
  • Retrieval is scoped to your account at the database level
FAQ

The questions people ask before they trust it

Ask is only useful if you believe the answer. These are the things worth knowing first.

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You have already done the scanning.

Stop huntingthrough your owndocuments.

Ask reads what you’ve already scanned. There is nothing to import and nothing to organise — open it and ask a question.

Good first questions
  • What did I spend at that supplier last quarter?
  • Summarize the contract I scanned on Tuesday.
  • Which documents mention a renewal date?
  • Which invoices are overdue? (Business)
Included on
Pro, Business and Enterprise plans.
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