Decoder Ring: Plain English

Decoder Ring turns confusing text into plain, everyday language you can actually read: a text message, an email, a letter, a notice, a form, a contract, or a wall of jargon. Type or paste the text, scan a photo of it, point the camera at a page and watch it highlight the words as you move, or open a file: a PDF, a Word or PowerPoint document, a web page, or plain or rich text. Share text or a screenshot from any app into the Decoder Ring extension, and decode it without leaving what you were doing. Ask Siri to open Decoder Ring and decode, or send text to it from a photo. Either way, you get back one card: what it means, point by point, why it was probably written, what is worth knowing before you respond, and the words worth knowing, translated into plain English. Keep any card with Copy, Save as text, or Save as PDF, from the app or from the share extension. The camera can also…