The Best Readability Checker Lives in Your Menu Bar: Meet Clarity Check

Technical Writing Has a Readability Problem

Technical documentation tends to accumulate complexity like sediment. Each revision adds another passive construction, another layer of jargon, another sentence that could be three. The result is documentation that technically says the right things but fails at its only job: being understood.

A readability checker can flag problems, but most tools stop at highlighting issues. They show you a score and leave the rewriting to you. That is where WunderType takes a different approach.

How WunderType Works as a Readability Checker

WunderType sits in your macOS menu bar and transforms text in any app using AI. Its Custom Prompts feature lets you define specific text transformations, each with a dedicated keyboard shortcut. Clarity Check is a custom prompt designed to function as an instant readability checker that also fixes what it finds.

Select a paragraph of dense technical writing, press ⌥⇧⌘C, and WunderType replaces it with a clearer version. Verbose sentences get trimmed. Passive voice becomes active. Jargon gets simplified or removed. The meaning stays the same.

The Custom Prompt Instruction

This prompt refines complex technical documentation for improved clarity and conciseness. It will analyze the provided text, identifying overly verbose sentences, jargon, and passive voice constructions.

Before and After

Before

The implementation of the distributed ledger technology necessitates a thorough understanding of the cryptographic protocols underpinning the consensus mechanism. Furthermore, the integration with existing infrastructure presents significant challenges regarding scalability and interoperability, requiring careful consideration of potential bottlenecks and mitigation strategies. It's imperative that we address these concerns proactively to ensure a robust and resilient system.

After

Implementing distributed ledger technology requires understanding the cryptographic protocols and consensus mechanism. Integrating with existing infrastructure poses scalability and interoperability challenges, demanding careful consideration of potential bottlenecks and mitigation strategies. Proactive attention is crucial for a robust system.

Shorter, direct, and easier to scan. The technical content remains intact, but the reader no longer has to fight through the prose to get to it.

Setting Up Clarity Check

1. Open WunderType from your Mac's menu bar.
2. Navigate to Custom Prompts and click Add.
3. Name it Clarity Check.
4. Paste the instruction above into the prompt field.
5. Assign the shortcut ⌥⇧⌘C.
6. Click Save.

Now select any block of text in any app and press ⌥⇧⌘C to run it through your personal readability checker.

When to Use Clarity Check

• API documentation — make endpoints and parameters easy to follow.
• Internal wikis — ensure onboarding docs are actually readable.
• Technical proposals — help stakeholders understand what you are building.
• README files — keep open-source docs welcoming to new contributors.
• Email drafts — catch overly complex explanations before you hit send.

More Than a Score

Traditional readability checkers give you a number. Clarity Check gives you better text. It does not just identify problems — it solves them, in place, in whatever app you are working in.

That is the power of WunderType's Custom Prompts. You define the transformation. You assign the shortcut. You press it whenever you need it.

Download WunderType from the Mac App Store and turn any Mac app into a readability checker.