Letters from councils, banks, tax offices and landlords are written for the people who send them. Plain is for the people who receive them.
How it will work
Take a photo of the letter, or add a PDF. Plain reads the page and gives you three things: what the letter is about, what you are being asked to do, and the date you need to do it by. Each answer comes with the line of the letter it is based on.
How we're building it
We are testing Plain against a collection of real-world style letters before it ships, and measuring how often it gets the deadline and the action right. If it isn't dependable enough, it won't be released.
Plain explains letters. It doesn't give legal, tax or financial advice, and it will tell you when a letter is one to take to a person.