Observed arrival · 2026-10-25
ian tools: Legal work, kept on your device
A lawyer-built collection of free tools for legal work: a browser-based PDF redactor and a Mac app for recording presentations and case explainers.
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- Lawyers preparing large PDFs for AI systems
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- The redaction tool outputs both a redacted PDF and a one-page exceptions report, with a stated limit of 5,000 pages and 2 GB per file.
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For redaction, users supply the protected person’s name and variants; the page also lists identifier types the tool targets and clinical details it leaves intact. It says the underlying text and OCR are removed, image pixels are blackened, and metadata and embedded material are stripped. The stated file ceiling is 5,000 pages or 2 GB; TabStudio is described as Mac-only.
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