PosterLens: Research Scanner

Transform Scientific Posters Into Clear, Structured Insights

PosterLens uses AI and on-device text recognition to help researchers, students, and professionals quickly make sense of scientific posters at conferences or in publications. Scan any poster with your camera and get a structured summary of the key points in seconds.

EXTRACT KEY POINTS FROM COMPLEX RESEARCH • Capture an entire poster with your camera • Extract text with fast on-device recognition • Get a structured summary of objectives, methods, results, and conclusions • Grasp a poster's key points without reading every panel

INTERACTIVE AI CHAT • Ask specific questions about the poster's content • Get context-aware answers grounded in the poster • Dig deeper into methods, results, or implications • Prepare questions before meeting poster authors

DISCOVER RELATED RESEARCH • Find related literature and PubMed articles via Perplexity search • Explore connected studies and citations • Put findings in the context of published work

SMART CATEGORISATION • Automatic research-category tags across scientific fields • Colour-coded tags for quick browsing of your collection

RESEARCHER-FRIENDLY TOOLS • Generate thoughtful questions to ask poster authors • Surface potential future research directions • Add your own notes to any scan • Edit a poster's title if it was read incorrectly

SAVED & SYNCED • Every scan is saved to your history • Search your history by title, notes, or category • Sync across your iPhone and iPad with iCloud

BUILT FOR CONFERENCES • Capture posters even with no signal - your scan is saved, and the summary generates when you're back online • Process posters quickly, even in crowded halls • Review your scans during or after the event

EXPORT & SHARE • Export a poster as a PDF - summary, author questions, research directions, related research, and the original poster image • Share with colleagues via standard sharing options • Perfect for team notes and collaboration

PRIVACY • No app account required • We don't sell your data or track your scanning history

IDEAL FOR: • Researchers attending scientific conferences • Students learning about complex scientific topics • Professors reviewing current research in their field • Healthcare professionals staying up to date with clinical research • Anyone who wants to quickly understand scientific posters

Stop staring at walls of text and dense figures - scan, summarise, and explore research in seconds.

Download PosterLens and transform how you interact with scientific research.