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Understand any legal document in 60 seconds
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Explains.app uses AI to break down legal documents β contracts, rental leases, NDAs, employment agreements β into plain language. Upload a PDF, Word doc, or text file and get section-by-section explanations with risk alerts and key term definitions. Supports 7 languages including English, German, Spanish, French, Romanian, Italian, and Portuguese. Works with scanned documents via OCR. Includes AI Chat per section for follow-up questions. 14-day free trial.

What to expect from an ideal product
- Upload a scanned legal document as a PDF and explains.app uses built-in OCR to read and extract the text automatically, no retyping needed.
- Every section of your document gets its own plain language summary, so you know exactly what you are agreeing to before you sign.
- Risk alerts flag clauses that could cost you money or limit your rights, the kind of details most people miss on a first read.
- If a specific paragraph confuses you, use the AI Chat tied to that section to ask follow-up questions and get a direct answer in seconds.
- Works in 7 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, so you can review documents in the language you think in.
