Text Simplifier
Make texts easier to read
Make texts easier to read
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Description
You're facing difficult texts and wish they were easier to understand? This app is exactly what you need! Whether in inclusive education, for beginning readers, or for anyone who appreciates clear and understandable language - with just one click, complicated becomes simple.
The Text Simplifier app makes difficult texts easier and translates them to plain language and easy read. Then the texts are easier to read and understand. And if you need help reading, the app can also read words to you. To do this, just follow along under the words with your finger. This app is for people with reading difficulties or beginning readers. It can also be very helpful in inclusive classroom instruction. There are then fewer barriers due to difficult texts. You have several options for simplifying texts:
1. Enter text: You can write a text, speak (dictate) or copy from another source. When you press the "Simplify Text" button, the text becomes simpler.
2. Take a picture of a text: You can take a photo of a text, for example from a book or worksheet. Then the app can read you the text or simplify it.
3. Internet texts: If you are reading on the internet and want a easy to read text, just press the "Simplify Texts" button.
The app is actually very suitable for children and beginning readers, but due to the integrated browser, Apple recommends it only from age 17+, as any web page can be accessed.
The app can do even more:
- The app can read along with you. For this you have to use your reading finger. Move your finger along under the text as you read. And turn on the speaker. The app will then help you read.
- The app can also read the entire text to you. If you want, the words are even highlighted as they are read.
- You can long press on a word if you don't understand it. An explanation will then be displayed and read aloud (please turn on speaker).
- You can make the letters bigger or smaller.
- You can decide how simple the text should be. This is done in the settings.
- Web pages can be displayed in "Reader Mode". Only the text and images are shown (without text simplification). Ads and menus are not shown.
## Tip: How to improve the voice! ##
The iOS voice sometimes doesn't sound very good.
You can simply use a different voice.
To do this, go to the "Settings" app.
Then to "Accessibility". Then select "Spoken Content" and then "Voices".
Now you can select and download other voices.
The enhanced voices sound especially good.
## What does it cost? ##
The app is ad-free. It uses artificial intelligence (choose your preferred model) to simplify texts. The texts are sent over the internet for simplification. Each simplification costs some money. That's why the app costs something. Once you've purchased the app, you can simplify about 250 texts (depending on length). If you need more, you have to pay more via in-app-purchase.
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Version History
Last version released 268 days ago.
• Adjustment and integration of new AI models for simplification (GPT 4o mini, Gemma 9, Llama 3.1)
• Improvement / additions to translations.
Symbols (emojis) can now be added to the simplified texts at the push of a button. In addition to Gemini and ChatGPT, a new AI model for text simplification is now available: Llama 3 8B. This model is very fast and cost-effective while maintaining good quality. It can be selected in the settings, allowing significantly more texts (up to 4 times more) to be simplified with the existing credit.
Quick and Affordable AI Model Llama 3 8b: You can now select the new Llama 3 8b model, which is faster and significantly more cost-effective. This allows you to save credits without compromising much on quality. Simply activate it in the settings.
Text Collection: Simplified texts can now be saved and retrieved at any time in the text collection.
Bug Fixes: Several bugs have been fixed, such as the proper functioning of the back button in the internet view.
Selection between Gemini and ChatGPT as simplification models (Gemini as default with lower costs and very good quality)
Improvement of the read-aloud function: It now runs more smoothly when words are highlighted.
Colors for syllable markings can now be customized.
The settings dialog has been revised and improved.
Simplified text can now be printed or saved as a PDF file
Minor improvements in the "Reader Mode" of the browser
Bug fixes
Numerous minor bug fixes
Improvement of the scrolling behavior
Automatic scrolling can now be disabled on demand
Fixed a display error when zooming in and out of text
Longer texts can now be simplified Longer web page texts previously sometimes resulted in empty simplification texts.
Ready for assistive access in iOS17.
New functions / changes:
+ Text can be marked with syllable marks and syllable reading (new button).
+ Read aloud function for the whole text with markers (new button)
+ Word explanations can be displayed by long pressing on a difficult word.
+ Integration of photo library for text recognition
+ Credit for text simplifications is now calculated more accurately (depending on the word count of the texts, shorter texts need less credit than longer texts)
+ Bug fixes and improvements
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