Awesome
Cleartext
UPDATE January 2020: See <a href="https://textato.com">Textato</a> for an updated version of this app.
<a href="https://github.com/mortenjust/cleartext-mac/releases">Download for Mac 10.11+</a>
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What's this?
A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
I just got Randall Munroe's new book <a href="https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/">Thing Explainer</a>. Only using the top 1,000 words makes the text really easy to read. I thought I would make it easy for people to write like this, so I made this application. It's cool to be clear.
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mortenjust/cleartext-mac/master/UX/cleartext.gif">Use it to tell your family members why their computers act up, or tell people at work why they should pay you more.
Trump mode
Trained with a few of Trump's best known speeches, the app is now ready to help you write like a billionaire. <img src="https://github.com/mortenjust/cleartext-mac/blob/master/UX/trumpdemo.gif?raw=true">
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More
- <a href="https://medium.com/@mortenjust/i-doomed-mankind-with-a-free-text-editor-ba6003319681">Medium: I doomed mankind with a free text editor</a>
- <a href="https://github.com/first20hours/google-10000-english">Google top 10,000 words</a>
- <a href="https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/">Randall Monroe: Thing Explainer</a>
- <a href="https://xkcd.com/simplewriter/">Simple Writer</a>
- <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-space-doctors-big-idea-einstein-general-relativity">The Space Doctor's Big Idea</a>
- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag">Turbo Encabulator</a>
Simpler thesaurus
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*_LdRYzVXedTJoptOAxqLFg.png"> <a href="https://github.com/mortenjust/simpler-thesaurus">Repo</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/@mortenjust/sentenced-to-rewriting-7c8bf45680b5#.szubgchgj">Medium post</a>On the web
- Lifehacker: <a href="http://lifehacker.com/cleartext-limits-your-writing-to-the-1-000-most-common-1767763948">Cleartext Limits Your Writing to the 1,000 Most Common Words in English</a>
- The Telegraph: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/27/the-1000-most-used-words-in-english--in-one-genius-app/">The 1,000 most used words in English – in one genius app</a>
- <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/tech/cleartext-2">Product Hunt</a>
- OSX Daily: <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2016/03/27/simple-language-text-editor-mac-cleartext/">Write Like a Politician with Simple Language Editor for Mac</a>
- Mashable: <a href="http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/cleartext-typing-app/">Cleartext only lets you write with the 1,000 most common words</a>