Shlau
Semantic search for personal knowledge — find what you saved by meaning
Keyword search fails when you forget the title. Semantic search for personal knowledge matches intent: describe the recipe, the voice note, or the PDF, and Shlau surfaces what you forwarded — even if the file was named IMG_4021.
Search the way you remember
“The Berlin rental PDF” works better than hoping you tagged it rentals or kept the original filename.
Voice transcripts are part of the index
Spoken details become text Shlau can match, so a voice note is as findable as an article.
One archive across chat apps
WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and email forwards sit in the same personal knowledge base.
No folder scheme required
You can add keywords, but retrieval does not depend on filing everything perfectly on day one.
Folder search vs semantic search for your own stuff
| Keyword and folders | Shlau | |
|---|---|---|
| Query | Exact title, tag, or filename | A description of what you remember |
| Voice notes | Usually invisible until you replay them | Transcribed and included in search |
| Chat forwards | Stuck in Saved messages or starred chats | Indexed in one personal archive |
| When it fails | You used a different word than the tag | You still need to have forwarded the item once |
Frequently asked questions
- What is semantic search for personal knowledge?
- It finds your own saved items by meaning, not only by exact keywords. In Shlau you describe the bookmark, voice note, or file you forwarded and get the match back.
- How is this different from searching WhatsApp?
- WhatsApp search is tied to one chat history. Shlau searches the archive of items you chose to keep, including transcripts, across channels.
- Does it work if I forget the title?
- Yes. That is the point. Queries like “the feta recipe from the group chat” do not require the original headline.
- Do I need to tag everything for semantic search to work?
- No. Forward the item. Tags help, but Shlau indexes the content you send so description-based search still works.