Clean Text: How to Write a Precise Proofreading Task

What exactly the tool does

You enter a fragment in the field "Your text or idea" and, if necessary, add explanations in the field "Tone, style or format". The finished version appears in a separate panel: you can copy it or download it as TXT.

The tool does not rewrite the content, does not change facts, and does not add new thoughts. Its task is spelling and punctuation while preserving the author's voice. If you need to shorten the text or change the style, that is a separate task, and it should be explicitly formulated in the style field.

Why the wording of the task affects the result

The model does not know the context if you have not described it. The same phrase could be part of a story or a business report. Without indicating the genre and purpose, the proofreader will choose a formal register or place punctuation according to general rules that may not match your intent.

The more specific the task, the lower the risk that the tool will change what you wanted to preserve. This is especially important for authorial punctuation, dialectisms, deliberate repetitions, and nonstandard punctuation.

What to specify in the input: context, goal, format, constraints

Context: what kind of text this is (letter, article, post, fragment of a novel), who the audience is, and what the situation is. For example: "This is a letter to a client who is complaining about a delivery delay."

Goal: what you want to achieve. "Correct only spelling and punctuation, without changing word order and without replacing vocabulary."

Format: how the result should look. "Return only the corrected text without explanations" or "Add a list of corrections separately."

Constraints: what must not be touched. "Preserve authorial dashes and ellipses," "Do not change proper names," "Leave colloquial forms."

Bad task: "Fix errors." Good task: "Fix spelling and punctuation in this letter to a client. Preserve the business tone and the address by name. Do not change word order and do not replace words with synonyms. Return only the corrected text."

Example analysis: from a general task to a precise one

Suppose you have a fragment: "We has a small shop. Their are three new products." This is a learning example in English, but the principle is universal. If you simply paste it into the input field, the proofreader may correct the grammar, but it will not necessarily preserve the style or avoid adding extra content.

Bad task: "Fix errors." Good task: "Fix spelling and punctuation in this short shop description. Preserve the simple conversational style. Do not add new sentences. Return only the corrected text."

Input: "We has a small shop. Their are three new products." Task: "Fix spelling and punctuation. Preserve the meaning. Return only the corrected text." Expected result: "We have a small shop. There are three new products."

How to check the result

First compare the original and corrected text: check whether facts, names, numbers, and dates have changed. Then check whether the authorial voice has been preserved: whether the phrases have become too smooth or too official. Separately review the punctuation: whether any marks have appeared that change the meaning.

If the result is unsatisfactory, refine the task: add constraints or examples of what needs to be preserved. The tool does not highlight changes, so you will have to compare manually.

Limitations and scope

Clean Text does not check facts, does not recognize text from images, and does not upload documents. The maximum length of the first field is 8000 characters, and the details field is up to 1000 characters. The tool does not save history and does not perform batch processing. Export is possible only to TXT.

Model responses may contain errors, and the queue and availability may vary. For legal, medical, and financial texts, do not rely on automatic correction without review by a specialist: the proofreader may miss a nuance or change a wording that has legal significance.