Lateral - Streamline your research with smart features

Researching literature can be overwhelming. Lateral simplifies the process by providing a unified workflow for document review. Whether you are working on a dissertation, literature review, or collaborative research, our intelligent tools help you stay organized and efficient.

How It Works

At Lateral, we focus on enhancing your research experience through advanced technology. Our platform employs a range of smart features to facilitate document management and information retrieval. Key functionalities include:

• Auto-Generated Table: Automatically creates a clear overview of all findings, ensuring references are never lost.
• AI-Powered Concepts: Input a concept and receive intelligent recommendations for relevant text across your papers.
• Super Search: Search all papers simultaneously and view similar highlights for each result.
• Smart PDF Reader: Enable highlighting and note-taking directly in the browser, uncovering connections you might overlook.
• Export Findings: Easily transfer your findings from the table to Word or Excel, complete with references.
• Powerful OCR: Transform scanned PDFs into searchable and highlightable documents.
• Collaboration Tools: Invite colleagues to your workspace or share public links to your projects.
• Zotero Integration (coming soon): Sync documents effortlessly between Zotero and your Lateral projects.

Usage

Using Lateral is straightforward and user-friendly. Follow these steps to get started:

1. Create an Account: Sign up for a Lateral account on the website.
2. Upload Documents: Add your existing PDFs or search for new papers through our integrated search feature.
3. Organize Your Research: Use the auto-generated table to keep track of findings and references.
4. Utilize Smart Features: Explore concepts, perform super searches, and read PDFs efficiently using the smart PDF reader.
5. Collaborate with Others: Invite team members to your workspace and share insights.
6. Export Findings: When ready, export your research data into Word or Excel for further use.

Literature Reviews

Quickly find patterns and common themes across numerous papers.

Dissertations

Organize thoughts and references to streamline the writing process.

Note-taking

Save text with notes and flags for more organized note-taking.

Collaborative Research

Work on shared projects and documents, building on each other's findings.

Educators

Gather information across various sources for effective curriculum development.

Journalism

Find connections and gather background information for stories.

Features

• Auto-Generated Table: Effortlessly keeps an overview of your findings and ensures you never lose a reference.
• AI-Powered Concepts: Intelligently recommends relevant text across all your papers by naming a concept.
• Super Search: Search across all papers at once and view similar highlights for every search result.
• Smart PDF Reader: Read and highlight in the browser to discover connections you may have missed.
• Export Your Findings: Export your findings directly to Word or Excel with references.
• Powerful OCR: Digitize text from scanned PDFs to make it searchable and highlightable.
• Collaborate & Share: Invite others to your workspace or share a limited public link of your project.
• Zotero Integration (coming soon): Easily sync documents between Zotero and your project.

Lateral Supreme (Monthly or Annually): $25/month or $250/year

• 2,500 Page Credits/month
• Access to all features
• Priority customer support

FAQ

1. What are Page Credits in Lateral?

Page Credits are used when you add PDF files to Lateral. You begin with 1,000 Page Credits, which are consumed based on the number of pages in your PDFs.

2. What is Lateral Supreme?

Lateral Supreme is a subscription plan that allows users to access more Page Credits, with options for monthly or annual payments.

3. Does Lateral use GPT technology?

No, Lateral uses its own machine learning technology (LIP API) for content suggestions.

4. What happens to documents I upload to Lateral?

Uploaded documents remain private and are not shared with other users or used to improve our AI.

5. What languages does Lateral support?

Lateral works best with English; it allows keyword searches in other languages but only provides AI suggestions in English.

6. Can I collaborate with others using Lateral?

Yes, you can invite others to your workspace or share public links of your projects.

7. How can I export my findings?

You can export your findings directly to Word or Excel from the table view.

8. What is the OCR feature?

The OCR feature allows you to digitize text from scanned PDFs, making them searchable and highlightable.