Easy Read API
simple8 transforms complex content into structured Easy Read for people who need stronger language support.
DIN-conformant German output
German plain-language output from simple8 conforms to DIN ISO 24495-1 and DIN 8581-1. German Easy Read output conforms to DIN SPEC 33429.
For people who need stronger linguistic simplification
Easy Read simplifies more extensively. It breaks down complex sentence structures, reduces linguistic load and uses visible structure to make each reading step easier to follow.
For broad audiences, digital services and clear specialist communication
Plain Language makes content clearer, more direct and less bureaucratic. It is suitable for portals, websites, forms and official notices that many people need to understand reliably.
The differences come directly from the underlying rules. The upstream prompts for simple language rely on short sentences, clear words, logical order and the reduction of official language. The prompts for easy language significantly tighten these requirements: even shorter sentences, greater resolution of subordinate clauses, fewer pronouns, less imagery, more structural aids and, overall, a significantly lower linguistic load.
German plain-language output from simple8 conforms to DIN ISO 24495-1 and DIN 8581-1. German Easy Read output conforms to DIN SPEC 33429.
Goal
Broad comprehensibility for general digital communication
Maximum linguistic relief for people with greater barriers to understanding
Sentence structure
Short, direct, but still relatively natural in the reading flow
Even shorter, more broken down, significantly less nesting
Word choice
Simple and well-known words, technical terms with explanation
Even stricter selection, avoid foreign and technical words as much as possible
Text structure
Clear paragraphs and comprehensible order
More structural aids such as line breaks, lists and subheadings
Use
Websites, portals, forms, administrative and service texts
Content with a higher need for linguistic accessibility and editorial review
Most workflows start with existing specialist content such as website copy, form guidance, official notices, product information or support answers. simple8 converts that content into Plain Language or Easy Read for the intended audience and lets the team choose whether to preserve every detail or focus on the essential points.
Easy Read generatorEasy Read rules for digital contentOrganizations can make service pages, help text and process descriptions clearer without manually rewriting every text.
Notes, mandatory fields and next steps can be explained more clearly so that users are less likely to be frustrated by official language.
Quality instructions support the check if AI output needs to fit into existing releases not only quickly but also comprehensibly.
Corresponds to the idea behind `REWRITE_COMPLETE`: All information from the source text should be retained, just formulated in a clearer and more understandable way.
Complete answers receive all content. Condensed answers focus on the core messages. Quality information only appears when it is really needed.
Quality information is an additional option. They supplement the output with additional information for review and quality assurance. Without this option, the API response remains lightweight and contains only the simplified text.
Use Plain Language when content should be understandable to a broader audience while retaining a natural reading flow. It works well for websites, portals, forms, administrative information and general service content.
Use Easy Read when readers need particularly low language barriers. The content is simplified more extensively, structured more tightly and presented in deliberate reading steps.
CMS, API and a one-line website widget
Integrate simple8 with WordPress, TYPO3, Drupal, Storyblok, and many other systems, connect it through the API, or add the website widget with one line of JavaScript.
Hosted and operated in Germany
simple8 is hosted and operated entirely in Germany. Hosting and data processing comply with the GDPR. simple8 provides a 99.9% monthly availability SLA for the production API.
Quality notes are not a separate language mode. They add clear guidance for review and quality assurance to the selected output. This makes it easier to understand why a version is worded in a particular way and where the text still needs to be checked or refined by an editor.