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Uploading files

Turn a local text or transcript file into a source-grounded project in your browser.

Applies to Novus Learn 0.1.0

Supported formats

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  • Plain text (.txt) and Markdown (.md, .markdown).
  • PDF (.pdf), Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), and EPUB (.epub).
  • Subtitle and transcript files (.vtt, .srt).
  • Book-length documents work; to study a whole book chapter by chapter, use Break down a textbook instead.

How it works

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Open Upload, then drop a file or choose one. Novus Learn reads and parses the file entirely in your browser, the contents are never sent to a server, and builds the same claims, concepts, Knowledge Canvas, visuals, flashcards, quiz, and guided lesson it builds from Wikipedia. Text files keep line locations; transcripts keep timestamps.

Where uploads live

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The generated project is stored only in this browser (IndexedDB) and appears under Generated projects in My Library. Delete it there or with the local-data control in preferences. Uploaded projects are not shared or synced; sharing a private file's derived content is intentionally not offered in this release.

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Empty, oversized, binary, or unsupported files are rejected with a specific message instead of failing silently. If a very large file is truncated to stay within local limits, the project says so and the original file is unchanged on your device.

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