Clean Text: How to Correct Spelling and Punctuation
Clean Text is a tool that corrects spelling and punctuation while preserving the author's meaning and voice. In this article, we will examine how to work with it: how to set instructions, check the result, and what to pay attention to. All examples are fictional and provided for clarity.
Open tool: AI proofreader ↗How Clean Text Works
The tool is a web form with two text fields: "Your text or idea" and "Tone, style or format". You enter text, optionally specify the desired style, choose the output language, and click the Generate button. The result appears in a separate panel; you can copy it or download it as a plain text TXT file.
Clean Text has no preset styles, sliders, or levels of changes. All control happens through text instructions. This means you can describe how strict the editing should be, whether to preserve authorial features, or bring the text to a certain format.
In the "Your text or idea" field: We has a small shop. Their are three new products. In the "Tone, style or format" field: Correct only spelling and punctuation, do not change anything in the structure.
How to Get Different Variants
To get several variants, change the criteria in the "Tone, style or format" field. For example, the first request can be for minimal editing: "Correct only obvious errors, preserve authorial turns of phrase." The second for a more literary treatment: "Bring to a neutral business style, but do not change the meaning." The third for simplification: "Make the text clearer for a wide audience, shorten long sentences."
Each time the tool produces one result. To compare variants, save them in separate files or copy them into notes. Do not try to get several variants in one request; this is not provided by the interface.
Request 1: Correct spelling and punctuation, preserve conversational style. Request 2: Correct errors and bring to official business style. Request 3: Correct errors and simplify sentences for social media.
Comparing Three Variants
When you have three results, compare them by three parameters: accuracy of meaning transfer, correspondence to the desired style, and readability. Start with the source text and note what exactly changed in each variant. Pay attention to cases where the tool could distort the author's thought or add extra words.
It is useful to check whether important details were lost. For example, if the source text had a name or number, make sure they remained unchanged. Also look at punctuation: sometimes AI can rearrange commas so that the intonation changes.
Source text: We has a small shop. Their are three new products. Variant 1: We have a small shop. There are three new products. Variant 2: We have a small shop, and there are three new products. Variant 3: Our small shop has three new products.
Selection and Refinement
Choose the variant that best matches your goal. If none fits perfectly, you can take the best as a basis and refine it manually. Clean Text does not highlight changes and has no comparison mode, so edits will have to be made yourself.
If needed, send the chosen variant for reprocessing with a refined request. For example: "In this text, replace the word 'shop' with 'store' and check punctuation." This way you gradually bring the text to the desired form.
After choosing variant 1: "Check punctuation again and replace the semicolon with a period." The tool will produce a new result.
How to Check the Result
Always reread the received text. AI can make mistakes, especially in complex cases: proper names, terms, quotations. Verify key facts and numbers against the source. If the text contains instructions or legal formulations, it is better to show it to a specialist.
Remember that the model may work with a delay, and queue availability may vary. Do not rely on automatic saving; copy the result immediately.
Check that all dates and amounts are preserved in the corrected text. If something is lost, make edits manually.
Tool Limitations
Clean Text does not support export to DOCX or PDF, cannot process batches of files, has no OCR, and does not save history. The maximum text length is 8000 characters for the first field and 1000 for the style field. The tool is not intended for generating images, audio, or video. Speech is synthesized using eSpeak in WAV, subtitles in SRT, but these are separate functions not related to text editing.
Model responses may contain errors. Do not use the tool for making financial, medical, or legal decisions without consulting a specialist.
If your text is longer than 8000 characters, break it into parts and process them separately.
Clean Text is a convenient assistant for quick correction of spelling and punctuation. By changing style instructions, you can get several variants and choose the best. Always check the result and remember the limitations: the tool does not replace a professional editor and does not guarantee ideal quality. Use it as a draft tool, and do the final refinement manually.
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