AI Text Summarizer
This free AI text summarizer turns long text into a short summary you can read in under a minute. Paste up to 12,000 characters and choose a short paragraph, bullet points, study notes or a plain-words version for young readers. It suits students, researchers, editors and anyone with too much to read.
AI Text Summarizer
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About this tool
The summarizer sends your text to Claude, an AI model, with a format instruction. A short paragraph gives the main point in a few sentences. Bullet points list the key facts. Study notes group them under short headings. The plain-words option explains the text in simple language that a seven-year-old could follow.
Paste the text, choose the format and press the button. The summary appears below as formatted text with a copy box. If it misses a point you care about, say so by running again with a different format, or tick the fresh version box for another attempt.
The tool reads up to 12,000 characters at a time, about 2,000 words, so summarize long documents in sections. The summary is AI-generated and can leave out a detail or flatten a nuance, so check it against the original before you rely on it. It is not for medical, legal or financial decisions; the medical AI tools from our old site have been retired.
Frequently asked questions
Which summary format should I pick?
Pick a short paragraph for a quick gist, bullet points to scan key facts, study notes to revise from, and plain words when you need to explain something to a child or a beginner. You can run the same text in two formats to compare.
Can it summarize medical or legal documents?
It will process the text, but it is not a substitute for a doctor or a lawyer and can miss important detail. Do not rely on an AI summary for medical, legal or financial decisions. Our older medical AI tools have been retired for that reason.
How much text can I use, and are there limits?
Each run accepts up to 12,000 characters for the text to summarize. There is also a fair-use limit on AI runs per visitor each day so the tool stays free. When you reach it, the free tools that do not use AI still work, and you can run this one again the next day.
How accurate is the AI output?
No AI output is guaranteed accurate. This tool can misread your meaning, repeat a common phrase or state a detail you did not give it, so read the summary through, check every name, number and claim, and edit it before you publish. Treat it as a fast first draft that you review, not finished copy.