📄 AI Research Paper Simplifier + Visual Explainer

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🚀 A powerful AI-powered tool to simplify complex research papers for students, researchers, and lifelong learners.

🎯 Features

✅ Basic Functionality

• 📄 Upload Research Paper (PDF)

  • Parses and splits into sections (Abstract, Intro, Method, Conclusion)

• 🧠 Layman-Friendly Summary

  • Extracts & simplifies Abstract or Intro
  • Translates to Hindi / French (optional)

• 📘 Glossary Generator

  • Pulls 5–10 technical terms and explains them in plain English

• 🧭 Methodology Flowchart

  • Outputs flow as Mermaid.js flowchart (rendered)

• 🎯 Use Case Generator

  • Suggests 3 real-world applications for the research

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🚀 Advanced Features

• ❓ Custom Q&A

  • Ask any question like “What dataset is used?” or “What are the limitations?”

• 🌐 Multilingual Support

  • Output summaries in English, Hindi, or French

• 🪄 Mermaid.js Flowchart Generator

  • Markdown-based visual of research methodology (A → B → C)

• 📋 Download Report

  • Get the simplified report as .txt with one click

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🧪 How It Works

1. Upload a PDF research paper
2. Click buttons like Simplify Paper, Glossary, Use Case Generator
3. Ask custom questions about the paper
4. Download the full simplified report

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🚀 Try it Out

⚙️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: Streamlit
• LLM Backend: Groq API + LangChain
• PDF Parsing: PyMuPDF
• Translation: Deep Translator
• Flowchart Rendering: Mermaid.js (via Markdown)
• Deployment: Streamlit Cloud (Free)

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🧑‍💻 Local Setup

1. Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/AI-Research-Navigator.git
cd AI-Research-Navigator

2. Create Virtual Environment

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # For Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install Requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Add Environment Variable

Create a .env file:

GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_key_here

5. Run App

streamlit run main.py

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Author : @Kurra-Srinivas