Summarize PDF / Text
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Summarize long articles, documents, and PDFs into a TL;DR and clear bullet points with free AI. Faithful to your text, no sign-up, and private.
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Turn long articles, reports, or documents into a short, faithful summary in seconds. The AI opens with a one-line TL;DR, then gives you the key points as bullets — using only what your text actually says, so nothing is invented.
How to use Summarize PDF / Text
- Paste the article, document, or any long text you want condensed.
- Click "Summarize" and wait a moment while the AI reads it.
- Copy the TL;DR and bullet-point summary, or refine your text and run it again.
Who it is for
Summarize is for a long document you have to understand quickly: a report before a meeting, a paper before a seminar, a contract before you reply, or a thread of notes you wrote yourself and no longer remember. It is also used to decide whether a document is worth reading in full.
How it works
- The text is sent to an AI provider and the response opens with a one-line TL;DR followed by the key points as bullets.
- The instruction is to use only what the text says, so the summary should not introduce facts the document does not contain.
- Requests route through several free providers with automatic failover, so one provider being down or over quota does not stop the tool.
What it cannot do
- The text is sent to a third-party AI provider, unlike the browser tools on this site. Do not paste anything you would not share with a supplier.
- Long documents are truncated to a character limit, so a very long input is summarised from what fits.
- A summary is a compression, and compression loses nuance — a hedge or a condition can disappear. Check the source before acting on a summary.
- It cannot read a PDF directly; extract the text first with PDF to Text or OCR PDF.
Frequently asked questions
How long can the text be?
The hard limit is 24,000 characters per request — roughly 3,500–4,000 words of English. For longer documents, summarize them in sections and combine the results, because a longer paste is rejected outright rather than silently trimmed.
Will it make things up?
No. The summarizer is instructed to use only information stated in your text, preserve names, dates, and numbers exactly, and flag placeholder or meaningless input rather than inventing points.
Is my document uploaded or stored?
Your text is sent securely to the AI provider only to generate the summary and is not saved on our servers afterward. We never sell or share it. Unlike the file tools here, this one does leave your device — do not paste anything you would not share with a supplier.
Do I need an account?
No. Summarizing is free with no sign-up. An account adds a Plan & usage page showing your remaining daily AI allowance, a list of recent runs, and a higher daily ceiling — a convenience rather than a gate.
Can it read a PDF directly?
No, it takes text. Use PDF to Text or OCR PDF first, then paste the result here.
Why is the summary shorter than I expected?
A summary is a compression, and the instruction is not to pad it. If you need more detail, ask for a specific angle in the text, or run the document in sections so each part gets attention.
Can I summarise a PDF without converting it first?
No — the tool takes text, so a PDF has to be turned into text first. Use PDF to Text for a digital PDF, or OCR PDF first if it is a scan, then paste the result here.
Will it keep the numbers right?
It is instructed to preserve names, dates and numbers exactly rather than rounding them, but a summary is still a compression and a figure can be dropped if it sat in a sentence the summary skipped. Check any number you intend to act on against the source.
Should I use this or the summaries on a search results page?
A search engine summary is written from pages it has crawled; this one reads only the text you paste, which is why it can summarise an unpublished contract. It cannot read anything that is not in front of it.