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Show HN: ReadMini – read only what matters from an article

ReadMini launched as a tool that trims articles down to the claims, numbers, caveats and evidence that matter while preserving the author's original words, order, headings, code, tables and figures, and reports the percentage of reading time saved. The tool decides passage by passage what a reader needs, uses a second model to check for anything important that was lost, changed or invented, and states that AI writing style, em dashes and "AI phrases" do not affect its score. ReadMini also offers a drafting mode that flags what a reader could skip, suggests clearer rewrites, and notes what belongs earlier, with drafts kept private.

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ReadMini cuts the filler and repetition while keeping the ideas, evidence, and caveats that matter.

See how it works

The original article, minus what did not earn your time. #

Paste a link. ReadMini keeps every claim, number, caveat and piece of evidence that matters, drops the rest, and tells you how much reading that saves.

Why trust the number? #

Calculated, not guessed

ReadMini decides passage by passage what the reader needs, then counts. The percentage is the reading that could go without losing a claim, number, caveat or piece of evidence that matters.

Not a summary

You read the original article, in the author’s words and order, with its headings, code, tables and figures. Only what did not earn your time is gone.

Not an AI detector

ReadMini does not care who wrote it. AI style, em dashes and “AI phrases” do not affect the score.

Checked twice

A second model checks for anything important that was lost, changed or invented, and for anything that could still go, before the score is calculated.

Writing something?

Make your reader work less. #

  • What your reader could skip, and why
  • What could be said in fewer or clearer words, with a suggested rewrite
  • What belongs earlier, where the reader needs it

Drafts stay private. Revise and run it again to see how much reader time you saved.

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