Like NotebookLM, but Without File Count or Size Limits? Meet Scoopie
NotebookLM makes a useful idea simple: bring your own documents, ask a question, and get an answer grounded in those sources.
But what happens when your document collection keeps growing? Or when the PDF you need is too large to import?
You might start splitting files, compressing PDFs, or deciding which sources to leave out. Before you can ask your question, you have another task: making your documents fit the tool.
If that sounds familiar, meet Scoopie.
Scoopie is an AI assistant that answers questions using your connected files. Its published Free plan includes unlimited connected documents, no per-file size cap, and no page-count limit, alongside citations and original-document highlighting. AI usage allowances are separate from those file limits. See Scoopie’s published plan details.
1. What changes when you no longer have to count files?
A collection of documents rarely stays the same size.
A research project gains new papers. A course adds readings, slides, and revision notes. A work project accumulates reports, specifications, and supporting documents.
The question is often not “What does this PDF say?” It is “Where is the information I need across these files?”
Removing a document-count cap means you do not have to exclude a relevant file simply to stay within a source allowance. Removing a file-size cap means you do not have to shrink a document solely to meet that threshold.
That does not make every document relevant to every question. It gives you room to organize your materials around the work, then choose what to ask about.
How the published limits compare
File limit | NotebookLM Free | Scoopie Free |
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Number of sources or documents | Up to 50 sources per notebook | No document-count cap |
Size of an individual uploaded file | Up to 200 MB | No per-file size cap |
Page count | No page-count limit; other source limits still apply | No page-count limit |
Google also specifies a 500,000-word limit per source. A document can therefore exceed its allowance even if it is below 200 MB. The 50-source figure above applies to Free users, not every Google plan.
One distinction matters here: NotebookLM already has no page-count limit. The switching reason is not simply “Scoopie can read long PDFs.” It is the absence of document-count and per-file-size caps.
Limits checked October 30, 2026. Google’s current help center uses the name Gemini Notebook; this article uses the familiar NotebookLM name.
2. Work with different file formats, not just PDFs
Your source material may include reports, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned images, and notes. Scoopie supports the following file extensions:
File type | Supported extensions |
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PDF documents |
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Word documents |
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Presentations |
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Spreadsheets and tabular data |
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Hangul documents |
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Images |
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Markdown and plain text |
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You can connect these supported files without converting everything to PDF first. Ask questions about the relevant documents, then follow the citations to check the supporting material. See Scoopie’s supported formats.
3. More documents are useful only if you can check the answer
A larger collection gives the AI more material to work with. It also makes it more important to know where an answer came from.
If an AI summarizes a finding, you need to know which document supports it. If it reports a number, you may need to check the unit, reporting period, or footnote.
Scoopie connects its answers to source passages. Clicking a citation opens the original-document viewer and highlights the relevant text, so you can compare the answer with the underlying material. How Scoopie’s source checking works.
The workflow is straightforward:
Ask a question about your connected files.
Read the answer and its citations.
Click the source for an important claim.
Check the highlighted passage and its surrounding context.
NotebookLM also provides clickable citations. Source checking is not exclusive to Scoopie. The reason to consider Scoopie here is the combination of flexible file limits, support for different document formats, and highlighted evidence in the original-document viewer. Google’s citation documentation.
A citation does not automatically make an answer correct. It makes the answer easier to inspect.
4. Try it with a question you already need answered
You do not need to move your entire document collection to evaluate a new tool.
Start with one project, course, or research topic. Create a folder in Scoopie, connect the relevant files, and ask a specific question.
Here is a reusable prompt:
Use only the connected documents to answer this question:
[Your question]
Organize the answer into a table:
| Finding | Supporting evidence | Source document |
Keep dates, figures, and units as written in the sources.
If documents disagree, describe the disagreement instead of
combining them into a single conclusion.
If you cannot find supporting evidence, say so.
Include citations so I can check the relevant passages.Then check a few important claims yourself.
Does the cited passage support the answer? Is the number attached to the right year? Has a qualification or exception been left out?
This gives you a practical way to judge whether Scoopie fits your work. You are testing the path from question to answer to evidence, not just whether the response sounds convincing.
5. What “unlimited files” does and does not mean
Scoopie’s lack of file-count and size caps describes its file allowances. It does not mean unlimited computing resources or unlimited AI requests.
Three distinctions are worth keeping in mind:
File allowances and AI usage are different. Check the AI allowance included in your plan.
Processing still takes resources. Large collections and complex files can require more storage, memory, and preparation time.
Connecting a document does not prove that every relevant passage was considered. Use focused questions and check important evidence, especially when completeness matters.
Scoopie is also not a fully offline AI. Original files stay on your device, where document processing and search take place. Information needed to generate an answer is sent to a cloud AI model, so an internet connection is required. Scoopie’s architecture FAQ.
6. Keep the document-based workflow. Remove the file-limit problem.
If NotebookLM already accommodates your sources and fits your workflow, a file-limit comparison alone may not give you a reason to switch.
But if you keep choosing which documents to exclude, splitting files, or compressing PDFs before you can ask a question, Scoopie is worth trying.
Start with the files you actually need. Ask a question you genuinely want answered. Then click through to the evidence.
The goal is not simply to connect more documents. It is to work with the relevant material and keep the answer connected to something you can verify.