In December 2024, Scholarly continued its commitment to enhancing the platform with a series of important updates focused on improving AI capabilities, system stability, and user experience. From major audio system improvements to enhanced PDF analysis and sharing features, these updates reflect our ongoing dedication to providing the best possible tools for your educational journey.

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Major Features

AI System Migration

We've successfully migrated a large portion of our AI capabilities to a new system that significantly reduces bugs and errors. The migration included critical features such as:

• PDF/Image/Text to Flashcards conversion
• Flashcard title generation
• Quiz question generation This upgrade has resulted in more reliable and consistent AI-powered features across the platform.

Audio System Overhaul

A significant upgrade to our audio system brought several improvements:

• Implemented message interruption capability, allowing users to stop the assistant mid-message
• Introduced audio streaming for faster playback, up to 100x faster in some cases
• Enhanced audio quality and responsiveness across all audio-related features
• Unified audio system preventing multiple audio streams from playing simultaneously

Folders Implementation

The introduction of folders brought new organization capabilities:

• Create and customize folders with different colors for better content organization
• Double-click folder names in the sidebar for quick editing
• Part 1 of a larger folders feature rollout, with automated agentic features planned for future updates

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Improvements

PDF and Flashcard Enhancements

• Improved PDF to Flashcards conversion quality
• Enhanced PDF analysis with better content extraction
• Fixed various issues with PDF rendering and analysis
• Implemented better handling of empty PDFs and invalid file uploads
• Improved high-quality PDF extraction method (experimental feature)

Study Mode Improvements

• Enhanced quiz mode functionality and reliability
• Added ability to switch between True/False, Multiple Choice & Short Answer questions more easily
• Improved input recognition for better response handling
• Enhanced display colors for correct/incorrect answers in quiz mode

Share System Updates

• Fixed issues with share tokens expiration
• Improved share tokens UI
• Enhanced token revocation system
• Fixed email compatibility issues with share tokens

Performance Optimizations

• Reduced conversation latency
• Improved PDF rendering performance
• Enhanced audio playback speed and reliability
• Optimized flashcard loading and interaction

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Quality of Life and Bug Fixes

Flashcards

• Fixed title editing and saving issues
• Improved flashcard deck navigation
• Enhanced auto-play functionality with customizable intervals
• Resolved issues with quiz mode generation
• Fixed problems with flashcard audio system
• Improved handling of empty flashcard decks

PDFs

• Fixed rendering issues for older browsers
• Improved PDF analysis error handling
• Enhanced content extraction reliability
• Fixed issues with PDF upload validation
• Resolved problems with PDF to text conversion

UI and Interaction

• Fixed various issues with study mode interface
• Improved error handling and display
• Enhanced flashcard title editing experience
• Fixed issues with minimizing and maximizing interfaces
• Improved handling of empty titles and content

System Stability

• Fixed various backend issues affecting request handling
• Improved error handling across the platform
• Enhanced content synchronization
• Fixed issues with share token management
• Improved overall system reliability

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Looking Forward

As we move into 2025, we remain committed to enhancing Scholarly with more innovative features and improvements. Our focus continues to be on providing the best possible educational tools while maintaining system stability and user experience. We appreciate your continued support and feedback, which helps us make Scholarly better every day.

Stay tuned for more updates, and as always, if you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We're excited to continue this journey with you!