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Desklamp

Desklamp

PDF reader with convenient and collaborative notemaking

4.9
•16 reviews•

246 followers

PDF reader with convenient and collaborative notemaking

4.9
•16 reviews•

246 followers

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PDF Editor
A PDF reader that makes reading productive and enjoyable. Scroll easily with dynamic bookmarks. Make margin notes on a powerful, convenient and contextual rich text editor. View highlights & annotations at a glance. All while you collaborate with your team!
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Launched in 2022View 1 launch
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Kevin William DavidAkash AnandPrajwal Prakash

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Prajwal Prakash
Prajwal Prakash
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Hey Everyone! 👋 I’m Prajwal, a co-founder of Desklamp along with @akash_anand9 . We’ve just finished our undergrad at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. First of all, a huge shout out to @kevin for hunting us! As students, a lot of the reading we did at college was in the form of digital documents. All our textbooks and lecture notes were PDFs shared by our professors. Our experience reading these PDFs was, to put it bluntly, awful. Reading boiled down to staring at the screen and scrolling mindlessly. We would regularly find ourselves coming back to look at the same PDF like we were seeing it for the first time. Worst of all, reading had become boring and we often found ourselves zoning out without really trying to understand what we read. Akash and I realised this wasn’t just us. Everybody disliked reading on their laptops. We found it rather odd how we had access to these powerful machines but people still preferred reading physical documents. With too much time on our hands and nothing better to do, we decided to do our best to change this. That’s why we built Desklamp! Desklamp aims to be the easiest way to save your insights as you read, and provide you with a way to quickly recover and go back to those insights whenever you need to. Here are some cool things you can do with Desklamp: 1. 📝 Make beautiful and easily accessible margin-notes as you read. Link ideas in your notes back to the source location in the text. 2. 🔍 View and search through all your highlights and annotations at a glance without having to scroll through each page. 3. 🗺️ Navigate across far-apart sections in PDFs without having to scroll up and down 4. 👥 Collaborate on PDFs and notebooks in real-time with teammates As Desklamp grew, we realised we were building something that could help a LOT of people - basically anyone who has to read actively. The journey so far has been so much fun that we’ve decided to pursue this full time: our mission has become to change the way the world reads. So whether you’re a doctor studying clinical trials, a lawyer scrutinising contracts, a consultant skimming through reports, an engineer perusing papers, or even a circus master reading How To Shoot A Person From a Cannon For Dummies, we’re sure Desklamp has something for you. Do give it a try; it’s completely free, and we can’t wait to hear your feedback 🙂  Desklamp is available on the laptop as a web app and a native desktop app. Check it out at www.desklamp.io! This is our first time on Product Hunt, and the first time either of us have built something we’re this proud of. If you’ve got any questions, or feedback of any kind, we’re here to help! Let us know what you think!
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Ria Raul
Ria Raul
@akash_anand9 @kevin @prajwal_prakash This is great ! Congrats on the launch
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3yr ago
Akash Anand
Akash Anand
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Thank you so much @ria_raul2 ! Excited to hear your feedback soon :D
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3yr ago
Harsh Siriah
Harsh Siriah

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I wish I had this during college! I'm sure it would've saved me so much time in manual notetaking and helped me revise stuff faster. I will try it out and definitely recommend this to my friends. Great product! Congratulations on the launch! 🚀
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3yr ago
Prajwal Prakash
Prajwal Prakash
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@harsh_siriah1 Thank you! Would definitely appreciate that :D
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3yr ago
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
@prajwal_prakash This is very useful and interesting. I'll certainly check it out and thank you and the team for creating it!
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3yr ago
Prajwal Prakash
Prajwal Prakash
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@benjaminpolymathologistcom Glad you think so!
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3yr ago
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
@prajwal_prakash Absolutely! Are there any plans on the roadmap to allow Notebooks to be exported?
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3yr ago
Prajwal Prakash
Prajwal Prakash
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@benjaminpolymathologistcom Yup! So you can actually already access the beta for exports by going to the hamburger menu on the top left and going to the export options (third on the slider menu). You can export as a PDF, but we are going to bring Markdown and other options soon!
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3yr ago
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
@prajwal_prakash Fantastic! Thank you! 🙂
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3yr ago
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Desklamp is highly praised for its user-friendly interface and innovative features that enhance the reading and note-taking experience. Users appreciate its seamless navigation and annotation capabilities, which make it particularly beneficial for students and professionals dealing with extensive PDF documents. The software's continuous updates and responsive customer support are also highlighted as significant advantages. Overall, Desklamp is recognized for its ability to make reading more efficient and enjoyable, with many users noting its positive impact on their productivity.

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