Civic Tech · Plain Language

PlainSpeak Policy Explainer

Clear government writing is a civic access issue, not a style choice.

★ America 250 edition
Read your way

July 4 · America 250

Democracy works better when people can understand it.

For the country's 250th birthday, PlainSpeak leans into the founding-document energy without losing the point: plain language is civic access.

Paste any ordinance, public notice, or policy text. PlainSpeak scores its reading level, highlights the bureaucratic jargon, and drafts a plain-language version. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

PlainSpeak adjusts sentence length, tone, and explanation level based on your audience.

Or try a founding document