Why does the tool say “unsorted” about a document I recognise perfectly well?

Because it did not find enough clues, or because a second type was almost as plausible. It would rather say nothing than file wrongly: one document misfiled in silence costs more than ten left unsorted.

Are foreign documents identified?

The rules are written against French documents. A foreign document will usually be left unsorted, and the tool will say so.

Does a phone photo work?

Yes, if the text is legible. Character recognition runs in this tab; a blurred or cropped photo gives an uncertain result, and the tool says as much.

Identify one document

A single document, and everything the tool infers from it: the type, the date, the issuer, the person, and the list of clues that led to that answer.

Or drop a single document: PDF, photo, office file or email here. Nothing is sent: everything stays in this tab.

When to use it

You want to see how the tool reasons before trusting it with a whole folder.

Or you have a document to hand and want to know what it is, without opening it in software that would modify it.

What this tool does

The answer, and its confidence level. An identified document, a likely one and an unclassifiable one are not stated in the same way.
The clues, in plain words: the words that counted, the codes read, the layout. That is what lets you contradict the answer.
The dates found, with their role: the one that names the document, the period covered, the expiry date.
The codes: 2D-Doc, machine-readable zone to the international civil aviation standard, QR. A code either reads or it does not; when it reads, it outranks everything else.

What it does not do: an answer is not a certificate. The tool says what type a document looks like, not that it is genuine or valid.

What is read in the document

The text, the header and the footer of the first page.
Printed codes, read at several scales.
The layout, only as a nuance: it never decides alone.

No file is uploaded: the folder is read by your browser, in this tab, and the page is not allowed to open a connection to any other site.

Frequently asked questions

Why does the tool say “unsorted” about a document I recognise perfectly well?: Because it did not find enough clues, or because a second type was almost as plausible. It would rather say nothing than file wrongly: one document misfiled in silence costs more than ten left unsorted.
Are foreign documents identified?: The rules are written against French documents. A foreign document will usually be left unsorted, and the tool will say so.
Does a phone photo work?: Yes, if the text is legible. Character recognition runs in this tab; a blurred or cropped photo gives an uncertain result, and the tool says as much.

The other tools

Identify the documents in a folder : A whole folder read at once: the type of each document, its date, its issuer, the person.
Rename a folder of files : A naming pattern applied to a whole folder, with the before and after preview and the undo.
Sort a folder into a tree : By family, by person, by year, by issuer: the tree is proposed, never imposed.
Find duplicates : Byte-for-byte identicals, scans proposed as duplicates, and the series that are not.
Check against a list of expected documents : The heart of the tool: present, missing, doubtful, extra.