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AI-Powered Simplification

The Technical Document Simplifier for People Who Don't Speak Engineer

Retardify rewrites specs, manuals, API docs, and reports into plain English โ€” without cutting the details that actually matter.

The Technical Document Simplifier for People Who Don't Speak Engineer

Features

Everything you need

Plain-English Jargon Translation

Replaces acronyms, engineering shorthand, and dense technical phrasing with everyday language your team actually understands, without dumbing down the underlying facts or specs.

Structure-Preserving Rewrites

Keeps your headings, numbered steps, tables, and reference layout intact, so the simplified version still works as a real document, not just a loose summary.

Meaning-Locked Accuracy

Never drops specs, numbers, or steps just to sound simpler. If a term is genuinely ambiguous, it gets flagged instead of guessed at or quietly smoothed over.

How It Works

From input to plain English

1

Upload the Document

Drop in a PDF, Word file, API reference, or pasted text. Retardify reads the entire document, not just the intro paragraph.

2

Pick Your Audience

Tell it who's reading โ€” new hire, customer, exec, or non-technical teammate โ€” so the rewrite matches what they actually need to know.

3

Get the Plain-English Version

Review the simplified text next to the original, check any flagged terms, then copy, download, or share it directly.

Why Retardify

Built for clarity

1

Stop Re-Explaining the Same Document

When the doc itself makes sense, you spend less time fielding 'wait, what does this mean' messages from teammates and clients.

2

Bring Non-Engineers Into the Loop

Sales, support, legal, and ops can finally read specs and API docs without waiting on an engineer to translate it live in a meeting.

Overview

A technical document simplifier takes writing built for engineers โ€” specs, API references, compliance manuals, research reports โ€” and rewrites it so people outside that specialty can actually follow it. Retardify does this by rephrasing dense, jargon-heavy sentences into plain English while keeping every number, step, and requirement exactly where it needs to be.

This matters because most technical docs aren't badly written for engineers โ€” they're just written by engineers, for engineers, and everyone else is left guessing. Retardify is built for the people on the other side of that gap: project managers relaying specs to clients, support teams reading API docs, salespeople explaining product capabilities, and new hires trying to get up to speed without pulling an engineer into another meeting.

Unlike a general-purpose AI summarizer, Retardify isn't trying to shorten your document โ€” it's translating it. Common use cases include:

  • API and integration documentation for non-developer teams
  • Internal engineering reports for leadership or investors
  • User manuals and setup guides for customer-facing staff
  • Compliance, policy, or research documents for cross-functional review

If your document is technically correct but functionally unreadable to half the people who need it, that's the exact problem a technical document simplifier is meant to solve โ€” and it's the one Retardify was built around.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

No โ€” Retardify rewrites sentences for clarity, it doesn't summarize or cut content. Numbers, steps, specs, and requirements stay in the output; only the phrasing changes so a non-expert can follow it.

Pricing

Simple, credit-based pricing

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$0/month

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  • 25 credits per month
  • Both Retardify tiers
  • PDF & Word export
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$10/month

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  • 1,000 credits per month
  • Credits roll over, max 3,000
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$100/year

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  • 15,000 credits per year
  • Credits roll over, max 18,000
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Ready to Make Your Technical Docs Make Sense?

Upload a spec, manual, or API doc and see it rewritten in plain English in minutes โ€” no engineering degree required to read it.

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