Turn any pasted text into a short numbered list of key points
Paste an article, email or essay and get a numbered list of its key points, most important first, with names and figures kept exactly as written.
This preview shows the first 150 words and does not keep your file.
Need a different result? Turn anything into anything: drop any file, pick what you want out of it.Try it →A long article or email often hides three or four points that matter under paragraphs of background and repetition. This page reads the text you paste and lists its key points as a short numbered list, most important first, with any date or figure each point depends on. Names, figures and quotes are kept exactly as they appear in the text.
What you get
Numbered, most important first
The list runs in order of importance, with a maximum of eight points, each written as one sentence.
Names and figures kept exactly
Dates, amounts, names and quotes are copied as written, so you can find each one in the original text.
Works on pasted text
Paste an email, essay or copied web page directly. The preview reads about the first 6,000 characters.
How it works
- Step 1
Paste your text into the box, or type or drop it in as plain text.
- Step 2
Read the numbered list of key points in the preview, most important first.
- Step 3
A free account gives the full list for longer files and scans, a different number of points, editing and sharing the list, and follow-up questions in chat.
Who uses it
People catching up on a long email thread
Paste the thread to see the decisions, deadlines and named owners in a short list before replying.
Students reading an essay or article for a class
Get the main claims in order, then check each one against the passage it came from.
Anyone reviewing a copied web page or article
Pull out the points that matter from a long page before deciding whether to read the rest.
Questions
How many key points will I get?
The preview gives up to eight points, each as one sentence, ordered from most to least important. A free account can change how many points you get.
Are names, figures and quotes changed?
No. The instructions for this tool say to keep names, figures and quotes exactly as written, and to use only what the text says. A date or amount that a point depends on is included with it.
How much of my text does the preview read?
The preview reads about the first 6,000 characters of pasted text. A free account handles longer text and gives the list for the whole document.
Can I trust the list without checking it?
Results can contain mistakes, so check each point against the original text when the detail matters, such as a deadline, a sum of money or a quote you plan to repeat.
Does this work on scanned pages or PDFs?
Pasted plain text works in the preview. Scans need a free account, which runs OCR to read the text before the key points are listed.
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See it on real examples
Three actual runs of this tool. Open one to see the input and the whole result.