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title: "Polarity Intel Edition - How It Works: Overlay, Entity Recognition &"
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description: "Polarity Intel Edition lets analysts view contextual data in the Overlay Window, recognize entities on screen, and consume intelligence from 50+ integrations in real time."
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How Polarity Works

*Everything you need to know to get started.*

Polarity Intel Edition displays contextual information via the Polarity Overlay Window. Returned information is based on the Entities Polarity parses when an On-Demand Search is run. Which Entities are parsed will depend on the Integrations that a user has subscribed to in Polarity.

Polarity Intel Edition allows users to leverage real-time data from over 50 Intelligence-driven Integrations, enabling analysts to quickly consume the produced intelligence teams work to compile.

- **Entities** -- the selectors you're searching for in your data sources

> [!NOTE]
> Tips for Improving Recognition
> 
> Since Polarity recognizes the content of your screen using machine-learning technology, we recommend setting easily readable fonts and font sizes where possible.
> 
> Configuring larger font sizes or increased “zoom” in applications generally increases the accuracy of Polarity entity recognition.
> 
> Using consistent fonts and backgrounds across different windows also increases accuracy when using the Highlight overlay functions.
> 
> Polarity recognizes most English language characters and some symbols. If you come across any characters that are not being properly recognized, please let us know at [support@polarity.io](mailto:support@polarity.io).