Attachments and pictures¶
Adding a document to a chat¶
Drag the file into the chat, or open the Tools sheet with the + button and choose Upload a file. A short confirmation names the file when it is ready.
The document is read and broken into passages so the assistant can search it and quote the right part back to you, naming the file it came from.
Documents that can be read: PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx and
.csv), plain text, Markdown and HTML. Scanned PDFs and pictures inside documents are read where
the text is legible.
A file you upload into a chat stays in that chat. A file you upload into a project is available to everyone with access to the project, which is usually the better place for anything your colleagues also need.
Asking about a picture¶
Attach a photo, a screenshot or a diagram and ask your question in the same message:
What famous landmark is shown in this picture? Is there a power socket on this wall? What does this error message say?
You do not have to change the model. If the model you are using cannot look at pictures, zGentic sends the picture to one that can, and then your usual model writes the answer from that description. The activity line says "Interpreting image" while that happens.
Say what you want to know rather than asking for a description. "Is the Eiffel Tower in sunshine or rain?" or "Is a red cable visible?" gets you a direct answer; "describe this photo" gets you a paragraph you then have to read.
Picture formats that work: JPEG, PNG, GIF and WebP, plus HEIC and HEIF — the format iPhones use by default, which is converted for you. Pictures are turned the right way up automatically. Camera information such as the GPS location where the photo was taken is removed before the picture is stored or sent anywhere.
Limits: up to 5 pictures in one message, 10 MB each. A picture larger than roughly 2 MB, or with very large dimensions, is shrunk automatically before it is sent on. You do not need to resize anything yourself; photos straight from a phone are fine.
One message, one look
A picture belongs to the message you sent it with. Later in the same chat the assistant still has its own written description of it, but not the picture itself. If you want it to look again — at a detail it did not mention, for instance — attach the picture again.
Seeing and removing what is attached¶
Files attached to a chat are listed under the message box. Click one to download it, or use the close icon to remove it. Removing a file also takes it out of what the assistant can search.
What happens to your files¶
Uploads are stored separately for each organisation and are never mixed together. Deleting a chat, a project or a person removes their files as well, so nothing is left behind in storage.