Paragraph simplifier
Paragraphs your reader gets on the first read
Pick who will read it. The paragraph simplifier rewrites each paragraph that is too hard for them, in the same order and the same language, and checks that every fact, deadline and condition is still there.
6 free pages a month. No card.
Made for
- Letters from a bank, an insurer or a government office
- Product docs and help articles
- Reports and papers for a general audience
Before and after
Example: 43 → 44 words · 1 term explained · every fact kept
Original
Following our assessment of your claim, we have determined that the damage falls within the scope of your policy, less the applicable excess of €250. Settlement will be effected by bank transfer within 10 working days of receipt of your signed acceptance form.
Result
We have checked your claim. Your policy covers the damage.
You pay the first €250 yourself. This is called the excess.
Sign and return the acceptance form. We will send the money to your bank account within 10 working days after we receive it.
- Kept: €250
- Kept: 10 working days
- Kept: signed acceptance form
- Explained: excess
How Simplify works
Step 01
Every passage is rated
On one six-step scale for every language, from very simple to expert, and checked for unexplained terms and instructions that read two ways.
Step 02
Only hard passages change
Passages already at your reader's level stay word for word.
Step 03
Terms are explained, not removed
A term the reader will meet elsewhere stays, with a short plain explanation the first time.
Step 04
Meaning is checked
Every must, may, unless, deadline and number has to survive, or the passage keeps its original words.
Options
- Reader
- General audience, customers, patients, second-language readers, young readers, newcomers, decision-makers or specialists, or describe your own.
- Level
- Very simple (A1) to expert (C2); simpler or more precise.
- Write in
- Keep the language, or translate while simplifying.
From code, terminal or agent
# REST API
curl https://readable.md/api/v1/transform \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $READABLE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "tool": "simplify", "text": "…", "audience": "customers" }'
# Command line
readable simplify letter.pdf --audience customers
# MCP tool: simplifyQuestions
- Sentence or paragraph: what is the difference?
- Only the unit. A paragraph is rewritten as a whole, so its sentences can be split, merged or reordered for the reader. Paste one paragraph or a whole document.
- Which reading levels can I pick?
- Six steps from very simple (A1) to expert (C2), for any language, or pick a reader such as customers, patients or second-language readers.
- Will the paragraph get longer?
- Sometimes. A dense paragraph often needs more, shorter sentences and a short explanation of a term. Use Shorten if length matters more.
