The Hemingway Readability Optimiser

Overview

The Hemingway Readability Optimiser is a professional-grade text simplification tool that rewrites content to match a chosen Hemingway readability grade (3–14). It strengthens clarity, tightens sentence structure, removes filler, and improves scannability while preserving the original meaning and tone.

It works across any input type (agent outputs, chats, triggers, webhook payloads, or raw text), making it ideal for teams and businesses that need consistent readability across multiple platforms, writers and AI workflows.

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Key Features

✅ Universal Input Compatibility

Accepts raw text, agent outputs, chat messages, webhook payloads, or structured data objects. Then intelligently extracts the correct text using 15+ fallback fields.

✅ Target Grade Control (3–14)

Choose a readability grade to match your audience:

• Grade 6–8: General audiences and best for accessibility

• Grade 9–10: Professional business writing

• Grade 11–14: Technical and academic content

✅ Three Optimisation Modes

Select the editing strength that fits your needs:

• rewrite: Maximum clarity improvement

• light_edit: Minimal changes while preserving voice

• strict: Prioritises hitting the readability target with high accuracy

✅ Smart Text Extraction

Automatically detects and pulls text from nested structures such as message arrays, trigger inputs, and agent payloads using configurable selection strategies.

✅ Detailed Change Tracking

Outputs an easy-to-review list of changes made (shortened sentences, simplified wording, removed fluff), alongside grade estimates and extraction debugging for transparency.

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How It Works

1. Input any content format
   Paste raw text or send structured inputs like agent outputs, chat threads, webhook payloads, or trigger objects.

2. Set a target grade (3–14)
   Choose your desired readability level based on your audience.
   Defaults include: Grade 8 for general readers and Grade 6 for high accessibility.

3. Choose an optimisation mode
   Select rewrite, light_edit, or strict depending on how strongly you want the tool to edit.

4. (Optional) Configure extraction strategy
   If the input is complex, choose how text should be extracted:

   • latest user message

   • longest text field

   • explicit content field

   • combine all text sources

5. Receive an optimised output
   The tool returns:

   • rewritten text at the target grade

   • original text

   • estimated grade shift

   • changes made summary

   • extraction debug details

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Use Cases

Content Creators & Marketers

Perfect for improving engagement and accessibility across content formats:

• blogs, newsletters, captions, social posts

• landing pages and email campaigns

• readability consistency across teams

• easier scanning for busy audiences

Sales & Business Teams

Improve comprehension and conversion by simplifying:

• proposals, pitch decks, client comms

• product messaging and collateral

• internal updates and stakeholder briefings

• technical explanations for non-technical audiences

AI Content Workflows

Designed for modern AI production pipelines:

• post-process AI-generated writing

• chain into agent workflows for automatic cleanup

• trigger-based optimisation for form submissions

• integrate with tool stacks for complete publishing workflows

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Real-World Examples

• Rewrite a weekly newsletter from Grade 12 → Grade 8 for better retention

• Simplify technical product documentation for customer-facing knowledge bases

• Auto-clean customer testimonials before publishing on your website

• Standardise readability across multiple writers and content creators

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Example Output

Example 1: Business Content (Grade 14 → Grade 8)

Before:
The strategic implementation of our comprehensive digital transformation initiative necessitates the expeditious allocation of substantial financial resources and the coordinated engagement of cross-functional stakeholder groups to facilitate the successful execution of mission-critical deliverables.

After:
Our digital transformation needs quick action. We must allocate significant funds and coordinate different teams. This will help us complete critical projects successfully.

Changes Made:

• Broke 1 sentence (42 words) into 3 shorter sentences

• Removed filler (strategic, comprehensive, substantial)

• Simplified “necessitates” → “needs”

• Replaced “cross-functional stakeholder groups” → “different teams”

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Example 2: Marketing Copy (Grade 12 → Grade 6)

Before:
Leverage our revolutionary, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art platform to synergise your workflows and maximise ROI through innovative, best-in-class solutions that will absolutely transform your business operations.

After:
Use our new platform to improve your workflows and increase profits. Our simple solutions will make your business run better.

Changes Made:

• Broke into 2 sentences

• Removed jargon (leverage, cutting-edge, synergise)

• Removed hype and repetition

• Simplified “maximise ROI” → “increase profits”

• Reduced word count by ~45%

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Example 3: Customer Support (From Chat Messages)

Input (Latest User Message):
The utilisation of the aforementioned functionality appears to be experiencing substantial impediments, resulting in considerable user frustration and negatively impacting our operational efficiency metrics.

After:
That feature isn’t working properly. It’s causing major frustration for users. It’s also hurting our efficiency.

Extraction Debug:

• Strategy: prefer_latest_user_message

• Field: messages[2].content

• Extracted: 206 characters

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Published By

Authority Builder™

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Legal Disclaimer

LEGAL DISCLAIMER
The Hemingway Readability Optimiser is a text transformation and readability optimisation tool only. It does not provide writing advice, editorial services, professional copywriting or content strategy consulting.

Readability grade estimations are based on sentence-length and word-complexity heuristics and are not calculated using the official Hemingway App algorithm. All scores are approximations and may not match results from Hemingway Editor.

This tool does not guarantee specific readability outcomes, comprehension improvements, audience engagement metrics, conversion rates, or business results. Users are responsible for reviewing and approving all outputs before publishing or distributing.

Authority Builder™ and its creator make no warranties, express or implied, regarding accuracy, suitability, or effectiveness of outputs for any specific purpose.

By using this tool, you acknowledge and agree Authority Builder™ and its creator are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of this tool or reliance on its outputs.

The term “Hemingway” refers to widely known readability principles associated with Ernest Hemingway and modern readability frameworks. This tool is not created by, affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by Hemingway App, Hemingway Editor or any related trademark holders.

All content processed through this tool remains the intellectual property of the user. Authority Builder™ does not claim ownership of user inputs or outputs.