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Generative AI features in Acrobat mobile

Use Acrobat's AI Assistant on mobile to ask your document questions and use responses to draft impactful content. It improves productivity and efficiency, transforming your interaction with documents anytime, anywhere.

Using AI Assistant in Acrobat mobile

AI Assistant quickly provides comprehensive and informative answers to questions based on the PDF content. It links sources within the document and suggests follow-up questions based on the primary question.

To start using AI Assistant, perform the following steps:

Note:

The screens displayed here are from an Android device. The experience differs for an iOS device, but the steps remain the same.

  1. Open the document you want to work on, and then select AI Assistant

    Alternatively, you can also access AI Assistant from the contextual menu. Select the text for AI Assistant. The contextual menu opens, then select Ask AI Assistant

    A document is open in Acrobat, and the AI Assistant button is highlighted
    Get quick insights

  2. Select Agree.

    Acrobat mobile's AI Assistant window is open. The Agree button is highlighted. By selecting Agree you give consent to Adobe AI Assistant's user guidelines
    Agree to user guidelines

  3. Enter your question in the message box. Alternatively, use voice commands to ask a question. It improves accessibility and user experience.
    You can also select from the suggested questions based on the content of your PDF file.

    The AI Assistant screen is displayed. The questions field is highlgihted. Ask questions using your keyboard or voice command

    A. Expands AI Assistant to full screen and brings up the keyboard B. Expands AI Assistant to full screen and begins listening for voice input 

    To enter voice prompts, select  . If prompted, allow Adobe Acrobat to access the microphone on your device. The voice assistant panel opens, displaying I'm listening, ask a question. Ask your questions. and wait until the response is generated. 

    The voice command panel is open. You can speak now to ask your questions.
    Use voice input to ask questions

  4. The answer to your question is displayed. The relevant sources are indicated with numbers. Do the following:

    • Select a number to navigate directly to the corresponding section of the document. 
    • To hide the attributed sources within the document, select Hide sources from the Options menu.
    • While the AI Assistant generates the response, you can select Stop to pause the processing.
    • Move the drag handle up or down to resize the AI Assistant pane for better readability.
    • Review related questions that the AI Assistant suggests based on your primary query.
    Displaying answer to a question. Sources to the answers are also shown.

    A. Attributed sources B. Options menu 

Provide feedback for generated answers

Your feedback is essential for the AI Assistant to learn and develop better answers the next time you come with questions. To provide feedback:

  1. Select the reference numbers given alongside the generated answers.

    Generated answers using AI Assistant are shown in Adobe Acrobat. You can refer to sources of the answers by selecting the numbers given alongside the answers
    Content references

  2. Long press anywhere inside the panel to get options to provide feedback. 

    Feedback window is shown in Acrobat mobile
    Indicate response

    You can choose to like, dislike, or report the generated response. When you select any option, a window shows a set of relevant questions. Follow the onscreen instructions to submit your feedback. 

    Acrobat's AI Assistant feedback window is shown. The feedback options include answers question, sufficient detail, accurate, relevant citations, and easy to read. You can also enter your own feedback in the box given. The submit button is highlighted in the window.
    Submit feedback

Turn off AI Assistant

If you don't require Al Assistant, you can turn it off from Preferences.

  1. Select the profile icon on your device.

  2. Select Preferences

  3. Select the toggle next to Enable generative AI features in Acrobat.

    The preferences screen in Acrobat mobile is shown. A toggle to enable generative AI features in Acrobat is given. You can enable or disable the generative AI features using the toggle.
    Toggle generative AI features

    Note:

    The option Enable generative AI features in Acrobat is displayed only if you previously opted in for the generative AI features. 

Persistent chat history

You can access your conversation threads with Acrobat's AI Assistant across sessions. You can access the chat history whether your files are stored locally or in the cloud. The chat history includes a timeline to trace how your questions and answers evolved. You can also copy and save the entire chat history at a desired location. The copied chat history does not show the timeline of questions and generated answers. 

Access a document where you previously used the AI Assistant to generate responses to your queries. The document opens as before, with the full chat history and any associated follow-up questions.

Previous chats are loading in Acrobat mobile's AI Assistant
Chat history

Clear chat history

You can clear the chat history and ensure that the AI Assistant treats the document as new so you can ask fresh questions. 

To clear chat history:

  1. Open the document for which you wish to clear the chat history. Select   in the upper right. 

  2. Select Clear chat history. A confirmation dialog box will appear, asking you to confirm your selection. Select Clear history. If you don't want to clear your chat history, select Cancel.

    The ellipsis icon in the top right is selected. Clear chat history option is highlighted in the Acrobat's AI Assistant screen.

    Your chat history is cleared. You see a message saying - Your chat history was cleared. To continue asking questions, start a new chat. You can select Start new chat in the lower right to ask questions. The message displays in the AI Assistant as long as the document remains open without reprocessing. Close and reopen the document to reset the Assistant and remove the message.

    Note:

    If your chat history fails to get cleared, you'll see a message: Unable to clear chat history. Please try again later. This might happen due to a server issue. Please try again in sometime to clear the chat history. 

Copy chat history

You can copy all chat history and save it to your desired location. The copied chat history will not include the date separator. 

  1. Open the document from which you wish to copy the chat history. Select   in the upper right. 

  2. Select Copy full chat. The chat gets copied, and you can paste it at your desired location. 

    The ellipsis icon in the top right is selected. Copy full chat option is highlighted in the Acrobat's AI Assistant screen.

Read-aloud generated responses

Quickly review the generated responses using the read-aloud feature in Acrobat AI Assistant. The read-aloud feature helps you play the AI Assistant generated response or a part of it in your chat. You can select any sentence and play it. You can also choose to change the voice of the feature. To access the read-aloud feature: 

  1. Open the document you want to review. Select AI Assistant from the lower right and enter your query. A response is generated. 

  2. Select the speaker icon in the upper right to turn on the read-aloud feature. 

    Acrobat mobile AI Assistant generated responses are shown and the read aloud speaker icon is highlighted in the upper right.

  3. Select the play button at the bottom of your screen. It starts to read aloud the last response visible on the screen. You can pause or resume the read-aloud feature using the same button. 

    Acrobat mobile AI Assistant generated responses are shown and the pause-resume button is highlighted at the bottom.

The words spoken get highlighted simultaneously to ensure you always have the context and no confusion.

You can also select any sentence, and the read-aloud feature will play from the selected sentence. 

Change the playback speed

You can change the speed at which the feature reads the text.

  1. Select the speed button on the lower left, then select the speed at which you want to play the generated response.

    Acrobat mobile AI Assistant generated responses are shown and the playback speed button is highlighted in the lower-left.

Custom voice for read-aloud feature

You can select a custom voice to read the text. Select the custom voice icon in the lower right and the voice you want for the read-aloud feature.

Acrobat mobile AI Assistant generated responses are shown and the custom voice button is highlighted in the lower right.

Multiple document support in AI Assistant

GenAl Assistant allows users to process up to 10 documents simultaneously, including non-PDF formats (.doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, .ppt, .pptx), each up to 600 pages and 100MB. Users can switch between documents, with responses consolidated from various sources and proper attributions. Persistent history support is also included to provide continuous access to previous interactions.

  1. Open Acrobat and then open a document. Select AI Assistant. Select the add button   from the lower left. It opens the Select files to use with AI Assistant. Select the files you want to add and select Next from the upper right.

    AI Assistant window is open in Acrobat mobile on Android. The add button is highlighted in the lower left.

    Alternatively, you can also use AI Assistant for multiple docs in the following ways: 

    • Open Acrobat, and then select multiple files from the home view. Select the ellipsis from the top right and then select Ask AI Assistant.
    • Select multiple files from third-party applications, and select Share > Adobe Acrobat > Ask AI Assistant.
    • Open Acrobat, then select Try it now from the Try AI Assistant onboarding card in the home view. Then select the files you want to add and select Next from the upper right. 
  2. When the file is added, chat displays the number of files added. 

    AI Assistant window is open in Acrobat mobile. No of files added in multiple document support window is highlighted.

  3. You can enter your question or choose from suggested questions. You get generated responses. If you want to view the references of the generated responses, select the reference numbers next to the responses. AI Assistant opens the source file first and then shows you the references.

  4. When you use the assistant with multiple files, a collection of those files is created and shown in the Recents tab. You can resume the assistant chat with those files. You can rename the collection of those files from the contextual bar (select the ellipsis next to the file name to open the context bar) in the home view. 

    Acrobat mobile is opened and the home screen is displayed. Collection of multi doc files is highlighted in the Recents tab.

Note:
  • When you open the collection from the Recents tab, the chat resumes from where you left off.
  • When you open any file that was part of any collection and launch AI Assistant, the AI Assistant allows you to resume the previous chat that involved the document. 

Remove files from a collection

  1. Select Files  in the collection icon in the upper right.

    No of files in collection icon is highlighted in Acrobat mobile

  2. Select the remove icon     next to the file name. In the dialog box that appears, confirm the removal of the selected file. The file is removed from the collection.

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