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Article Summarizer: Extract the Key Sentences From Any Text

Paste an article and get an extractive summary that picks the most representative sentences, plus key points and a compression ratio. It runs entirely in your browser, with no AI and no rewriting.

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    This is an extractive summary. It selects the most representative sentences from your own text and shows them in their original order. It does not use AI and does not rewrite anything, so every word is exactly yours.

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    A good summary does two jobs at once. It respects the reader who wants the gist in ten seconds, and it gives search engines and AI answer engines a clean, quotable block of text they can lift straight into a result. This tool builds an extractive summary, which means it scores every sentence in your text by how many of your most frequent meaningful words it contains, then returns the highest scoring sentences in their original order. Nothing is invented or reworded, so the output is always a faithful slice of what you actually wrote.

    Where summaries earn their keep

    The same summarizing instinct that helps a reader also helps your content get found and quoted. A short TL;DR near the top, a key takeaways box, and tight section intros all give answer engines an easy passage to pull.

    FormatWhere it goesWhat it does for you
    TL;DR lineTop of the article, under the titleSets expectations and gives a quotable one-liner for snippets
    Key takeaways boxAfter the intro or before the conclusionLets skimmers and AI engines grab the main points fast
    Section summariesFirst sentence of each sectionFront loads the answer so the passage stands on its own
    FAQ blockBottom of the pageMatches question style queries word for word

    How to use the extracted sentences

    Treat the output as a draft, not a finished paragraph. Read the key points, keep the ones that carry the real message, and stitch them into two or three sentences in your own voice. Because the tool only ever returns your own words, it is a fast way to find the spine of a long piece before you tighten it. Pair it with the compression ratio to judge whether you have cut enough: a dense article often reads better at 70 to 90 percent compression.

    If you want to see which of your pages already win quotable snippets and which are getting passed over, request a free SEO audit and we will show you where clearer summaries would help.

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    FAQ

    Article Summarizer: questions, answered

    Does this summarizer use AI?
    No. It is a purely extractive summarizer that runs in your browser. It splits your text into sentences, scores each one by how many of your most frequent meaningful words it contains, and returns the top sentences in their original order. It never sends your text anywhere, and it never rewrites or invents wording.
    What is the difference between extractive and abstractive summarizing?
    Extractive summarizing selects whole sentences straight from the source, so every word is yours and nothing is paraphrased. Abstractive summarizing, which is what large language models do, generates new sentences that restate the meaning. This tool is extractive, which makes it fast, private and faithful, at the cost of the smoother flow a rewrite can give.
    How does it decide which sentences matter?
    It tokenizes your text, removes common stop words like the and and, and counts how often each remaining word appears. Each sentence gets a score based on the average frequency of its content words, so sentences packed with your recurring key terms rank highest. The top scoring sentences are then placed back in their original order to keep the summary readable.
    What is the compression ratio?
    It is the share of words the summary removes compared with the original. If a 1,000-word article summarizes to 150 words, the compression is about 85 percent. Higher compression means a tighter summary. The tool shows this figure live so you can pick a summary length that matches how much detail you want to keep.
    Is my text private?
    Yes. Everything happens locally in your browser with no network calls, no libraries and no uploads. You can paste sensitive drafts, client work or unpublished articles and nothing leaves your device. Close the tab and the text is gone.

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