[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-en-\u002Fhow-to-get-a-summary-of-every-document-shared-in-a-team-chat":3},{"page":4,"surround":386},{"id":5,"title":6,"authors":7,"badge":10,"body":11,"date":370,"demo-cta":371,"description":372,"extension":373,"genre":374,"heroOrder":375,"icp":376,"image":379,"meta":380,"navigation":381,"no-translate":371,"path":382,"rank-country":375,"rank-keywords":375,"rank-tag":375,"seo":383,"stem":384,"updated":375,"video":381,"__hash__":385},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-get-a-summary-of-every-document-shared-in-a-team-chat.md","How to get a summary of every document shared in a team chat — automatically, in your language, with links to the source (2026)",[8],{"name":9},"The Mind.com Team","Guide",{"type":12,"value":13,"toc":357},"minimark",[14,18,27,30,35,48,68,79,83,90,94,162,168,172,258,262,279,283,291,295,301,307,313,319,325,329],[15,16,6],"h1",{"id":17},"how-to-get-a-summary-of-every-document-shared-in-a-team-chat-automatically-in-your-language-with-links-to-the-source-2026",[19,20,21,22,26],"p",{},"A forty-page PDF lands in the channel at 17:40. If you searched \"summarize a document in a team chat\" the short answer for InterMIND is: it is already summarized. A few moments after the file lands, its card offers an ",[23,24,25],"strong",{},"AI summary"," — the key points as bullets, each linked to the paragraph it came from — and every member of the channel reads it in their own language. This guide is the rest: how to read a summary and check it against the source, which files are covered, what the card says when there is nothing to summarize, where the text is processed, and how the summaries end up in the meeting recap.",[19,28,29],{},"Summaries are included on every plan, at no cost and with no quota.",[31,32,34],"h2",{"id":33},"read-the-summary-check-the-source","Read the summary, check the source",[19,36,37,38,40,41,44,45,47],{},"Each file card in a chat carries a status strip with two links: ",[23,39,25],{}," and ",[23,42,43],{},"Preview",". 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The ",[23,87,88],{},"extracted text is never translated",": it stays the document's source of truth, so the ¶ links always land on the author's exact words.",[31,91,93],{"id":92},"which-files","Which files",[95,96,97,110],"table",{},[98,99,100],"thead",{},[101,102,103,107],"tr",{},[104,105,106],"th",{},"Family",[104,108,109],{},"Extensions",[111,112,113,122,130,138,146,154],"tbody",{},[101,114,115,119],{},[116,117,118],"td",{},"Word and text documents",[116,120,121],{},"DOC, DOCX, DOCM, ODT, RTF",[101,123,124,127],{},[116,125,126],{},"PDF",[116,128,129],{},"PDF with a text layer",[101,131,132,135],{},[116,133,134],{},"Presentations",[116,136,137],{},"PPT, PPTX, PPSX, PPTM, ODP",[101,139,140,143],{},[116,141,142],{},"Spreadsheets",[116,144,145],{},"XLS, XLSX, XLSM, ODS, CSV",[101,147,148,151],{},[116,149,150],{},"Plain text",[116,152,153],{},"TXT, MD, Markdown",[101,155,156,159],{},[116,157,158],{},"E-books",[116,160,161],{},"EPUB",[19,163,164,165,167],{},"A very large document is summarized from the beginning of its text; the ",[23,166,66],{}," tab notes when the text was truncated. Files shared before the feature launched are not summarized retroactively.",[31,169,171],{"id":170},"when-there-is-no-summary-the-card-says-why","When there is no summary, the card says why",[95,173,174,184],{},[98,175,176],{},[101,177,178,181],{},[104,179,180],{},"The card says",[104,182,183],{},"What it means",[111,185,186,194,202,210,218,226,234,242,250],{},[101,187,188,191],{},[116,189,190],{},"Scanned document",[116,192,193],{},"The pages are images — no text layer to read; OCR is not performed yet",[101,195,196,199],{},[116,197,198],{},"This file has no readable text",[116,200,201],{},"The file opened but contained no extractable text",[101,203,204,207],{},[116,205,206],{},"Password-protected file",[116,208,209],{},"Encrypted documents are not opened",[101,211,212,215],{},[116,213,214],{},"File is too large for text extraction",[116,216,217],{},"Over the extraction size ceiling",[101,219,220,223],{},[116,221,222],{},"Text extraction isn't supported for this file type",[116,224,225],{},"A format outside the table above",[101,227,228,231],{},[116,229,230],{},"No summarizable content found",[116,232,233],{},"Text was extracted but held no substance; the Extracted text link still opens it",[101,235,236,239],{},[116,237,238],{},"Sent from mobile \u002F Sent via Telegram",[116,240,241],{},"Files arriving from the mobile app or Telegram are not extracted yet",[101,243,244,247],{},[116,245,246],{},"Linked document",[116,248,249],{},"A Google Drive or OneDrive link shares a pointer, not the file — the content stays with its provider",[101,251,252,255],{},[116,253,254],{},"Summary generation failed",[116,256,257],{},"Retried and gave up; the extracted text remains available",[31,259,261],{"id":260},"where-the-text-is-processed-and-who-can-read-it","Where the text is processed, and who can read it",[19,263,264,265,268,269,272,273,278],{},"Text extraction runs ",[23,266,267],{},"in your browser"," — the file's text is read on your machine, not mailed to a third party for parsing. The summary is written by EU-hosted AI models with zero data retention. Extracted text and summaries are stored on InterMIND's servers only, never in public file storage, and are readable ",[23,270,271],{},"only by members"," of the meeting or channel. The ",[274,275,277],"a",{"href":276},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fchat\u002Fdocument-summaries","document summaries documentation"," has the full statement.",[31,280,282],{"id":281},"into-the-meeting-recap","Into the meeting recap",[19,284,285,286,290],{},"Document summaries feed the ",[274,287,289],{"href":288},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmeeting-recap","meeting recap",": when a recap is written, the documents shared during the session contribute their summaries alongside what was said — and a session with no speech but with shared documents still produces a recap. What was in the deck is in the record, in each member's language.",[31,292,294],{"id":293},"faq","FAQ",[19,296,297,300],{},[23,298,299],{},"Do I have to click anything to get a document summarized?","\nNo. Every document shared in a channel or meeting chat is summarized on its own; the card shows Preparing summary… and then AI summary.",[19,302,303,306],{},[23,304,305],{},"Can I trust the summary?","\nCheck it: every bullet ends with a ¶ link to the exact paragraph it came from, and the Extracted text tab holds the document's full text in the author's own words.",[19,308,309,312],{},[23,310,311],{},"Will my colleagues see the summary in their language?","\nYes. The summary is translated for each reader into their own language; the extracted text stays in the document's language so the links always land on the source.",[19,314,315,318],{},[23,316,317],{},"Which files are not summarized?","\nScanned PDFs without a text layer, password-protected files, files over the extraction size ceiling, formats outside the supported list, files arriving from the mobile app or Telegram, and linked Google Drive or OneDrive documents. 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