PDF enrichment (scanned documents)

CourtAid now accepts scanned PDFs. When you upload a document that doesn't have a searchable text layer, CourtAid automatically detects it and runs an enrichment process to extract the text.

What happens when you upload a scanned PDF

1. You upload a PDF to a Project or via the chat attach menu

2. CourtAid detects that the PDF is scanned (image-based, no text layer)

3. An enrichment process runs automatically to extract text from the document

4. Once complete, the document becomes fully searchable and usable across CourtAid

You'll see a processing indicator while enrichment is in progress. Chat and tabular features become available once enrichment finishes.

What you can do after enrichment

An enriched scanned document works the same as any other uploaded PDF:

Feature	Available after enrichment
Project chat	Ask questions across your scanned documents and court data
Chat PDF	Talk directly to the document with highlighted citations
Tabular View	Run extraction queries across scanned documents in a table
Chronologies	Build timelines from dates and events in scanned documents
Search within project	Find content across all project files

Tips

• Upload scanned documents directly to a project — no need to OCR them first

• Wait for enrichment to complete before starting Chat PDF or tabular reviews on scanned files

• Enrichment works alongside CourtAid's existing support for native (text-based) PDFs — both are handled automatically

Related

• Projects — upload documents to a matter workspace

• Chat PDF — talk to individual documents

• Tabular View — extract structured data across many documents