SaaS Development of an AI tool for researchers

About the company

Avidnote is an award-winning digital platform for researchers which makes it easier for researchers to write and organize their work. The application combines the most important aspects of the research process in one interface and thus facilitates the process of producing scientific work efficiently.

The challenges

One of the key tasks of researchers is to read scientific papers. According to a study published in the journal Science, the average researcher reads about 280 papers per year. The process of reading and annotating scientific papers is cumbersome and time-consuming. Despite the importance of reading research papers, most researchers today still take notes by hand. This results in a disorganized workflow which makes it difficult to retrieve research notes and leads to a number of challenges, including:

• Keeping track of research notes, references, and citations
• Organizing notes by topics, projects, or categories
• Collaborating with other researchers or team members
• Writing and editing research papers efficiently
• Storing and backing up research data securely
• Accessing notes from anywhere and any device

The solution

To address the challenges mentioned above, the team at ZenDev came up with an integrated solution where researchers can store all of their research papers, data, and references, in one application that also enables them to retrieve new scientific papers, collaborate, and utilize AI to simplify the process of reading and analyzing research texts.

The finished solution was entirely web-based and could thus be accessed across different devices.

The solution incorporated the following features:

• The ability to use AI to write, read, and analyze research data.
• Import research papers directly within the platform.
• More effective annotation by having the text that one is reading on one side and taking notes on the other.
• Use tags to sort and filter notes by research area, people, or any category of their choosing.
• Share documents or projects with research collaborators.
• Export or import bibliography to popular citation managers.