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Text Summarizer

Paste a long article, report, or transcript and pull out the key sentences in seconds. It's an extractive summarizer — it selects the most important sentences from your text and runs entirely in your browser.

Picks the key sentences Your text never leaves your device Instant, no sign-up

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Summary

Extractive summary — it selects key sentences from your text (it does not invent new wording). Review for context before relying on it.
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Text Summarizer: Find the Point Before You Read the Whole Thing

Why Use This Text Summarizer?

Long documents hide their point. The Parix.ai text summarizer pulls out the substance so you can decide whether the full thing is worth reading.

It runs in your browser — nothing you paste is uploaded.

What It Works Well On, and What It Does Not

Works well: articles, reports, meeting notes, research papers — anything with a clear argument.

Struggles with: dialogue, creative writing, and highly technical text where every sentence carries specific meaning. Summarising a legal clause loses the clause.

Who Uses It

Anyone triaging more reading than the day allows. For PDFs use the PDF Summarizer; for calls and transcripts, the Meeting Notes Summarizer.

Questions answered

Frequently asked questions

Everything you might be wondering about the Text Summarizer.

How long should a summary be?
Roughly 10 to 20% of the original for most documents.
Is my text private?
Yes. Summarising happens in your browser.
Is the Parix.ai text summarizer free?
Yes, with no signup.