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Jargon Stripper

Tom W|1mo ago
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The Idea

Paste an abstract or executive summary. Get two versions back: one for a policy audience, one for a general public audience. Keeps the substance, kills the academic armour.

The Problem

Important ideas get locked behind academic and sector jargon. Abstracts and executive summaries are often written to impress peers rather than communicate clearly. This limits reach, excludes non-specialist audiences, and weakens the case for action.

Benefits

Makes important ideas accessible to the audiences that need them most. Breaks down barriers between research, policy, and public understanding. Quick, low-effort, high-value.

How It Could Work

A simple tool: paste in an abstract or executive summary. An LLM rewrites it into two versions — one tailored for a policy audience (clear, evidence-referenced, action-oriented) and one for a general public audience (plain language, relatable, no assumed knowledge). The substance stays intact; the armour comes off.

Challenges

Maintaining substance while stripping jargon is genuinely hard — oversimplification risks losing meaning. Different policy audiences need different registers. Quality control to avoid generic blandness.

What's Stopping This

Straightforward to build as an LLM tool. Needs good prompt engineering and testing across different source material.

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