Frequently Asked Questions

What is text summarization?

Text summarization is a process that automatically transforms a source text into a reduced form while maintaining the important information.

What is SummarizOR?

SummarizOR is innovative, multilingual automatic text summarization software, available as a Personal or Enterprise Edition and, for developers, as a Java API or Java Web Service API.
SummarizOR can also be used in SaaS mode directly on our website.

How many languages and domains does SummarizOR cover?

SummarizOR summarizes texts written in 21 languages. Domain-specific resources are available in 8 of them:

Language	Number of domains
French	69 (incl. 40 SMD)
English	65 (incl. 40 SMD)
German	24
Spanish	23
Dutch	21
Italian	20
Portuguese	9
Arabic	1 (Politics)

The 13 other languages (Chinese, Korean, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Turkish) are summarized without a specialized domain.

How do I use the SummarizOR free trial?

You can test SummarizOR online for free.
You can download for €149 a copy of SummarizOR Personal Edition.

How may I obtain and use SummarizOR?

SummarizOR Personal Edition for private use on a personal computer;
SummarizOR Enterprise Edition for business use;
SummarizOR online as a subscription;
SummarizOR API or Web Service for all kinds of integrations.

How may I submit documents to summarize?

a web page; text by copy/paste (full text) a single document located on your computer INNOVATION: all documents in a folder on your computer are summarized in real-time with one click.

Which document formats are supported?

SummarizOR supports the following document types:

Are the summaries consistent and reliable?

SummarizOR offers extensive control over summary quality, letting users easily fine-tune the settings for highly reliable summaries.

You can choose among three display modes: “standard”, “context” and “numbered”. Each offers two display levels, depending on whether the “Highlight” box is checked.
“Standard” mode: the default display mode.
“Context” mode: every sentence of the source text is framed by a “-” on the left and a “+” on the right. After choosing the desired condensation level, the user can click “-” or “+” to retrieve the context before or after the extracted sentence. Double-clicking a sentence hides it.
“Numbered” mode: every sentence of the source text is numbered. After choosing a summary level, the user can click “-”, “+” or “x” to retrieve the preceding context, the following context, or hide a sentence of the summary. For example, clicking the “-” above extracted sentence no. 8 displays sentence no. 7; clicking the “+” displays sentence no. 9.

I am a specialist is a specific field. What can SummarizOR do for me?

SummarizOR is the only automatic text summarization software that supports different product areas while simultaneously extracting all terms in a domain.

Can I customize the summary for my specific needs?

The summaries may be personalized with keywords, view settings, and interactive summary results manipulation.

What is AIExtracteur (SAIE)?

AIExtracteur is the advanced analysis and concept extraction module built into SummarizOR. After each summary, it identifies the key terms of the text, including multi-word expressions (for example “golden share” or “heart failure”), and counts their occurrences precisely.

After each automatic summary, the AIExtracteur bar appears at the bottom of the interface in the Desktop (single-user) version and at the top of the interface in the online version. It offers six complementary conceptual analysis tools, built on the key concepts extracted from the summarized text. Run a summary first to activate concept analysis (Text, URLs, Web Page or Folder tab).

A. Concept Map (domains): displays the domain terms identified by SummarizOR in the summarized text. Clicking a concept takes you straight to its first occurrence in the text; the Tab key then moves from one occurrence to the next.
B. User Concepts: visualizes the keywords you have defined, weighted by their frequency and importance in the summary. Clicking a concept triggers the same navigation: click → first occurrence → Tab.
C. SummarizOR AImindMap: brings together all extracted concepts, domain and user, and opens the way to unmatched cognitive use: global overview, easier memorization, intuitive navigation through the main ideas of the document.
D. Statistics: four complementary charts analyze the distribution of the extracted concepts:
• Chart 1 — Term frequency: histogram of concept occurrences in the source text;
• Chart 2 — Domain distribution: breakdown of concepts by specialist domain;
• Chart 3 — Condensation curve: summary rate according to the number of sentences kept;
• Chart 4 — Semantic weight: terms ranked by the importance score computed by SummarizOR.
E. Data import: import an external file (TXT, CSV…) to extract and analyze its concepts independently of the current summary.
F. Free word cloud: generates a custom cloud from freely entered text or a list of terms, independently of any summary.

Where can I find AIExtracteur?

On every result page, the AIExtracteur bar appears at the bottom of the interface in the Desktop (single-user) version and at the top of the interface in the online version, and offers six tools: Concept Map, User Concepts, SummarizOR AImindMap, Statistics, Data import and Free word cloud. It becomes active after a summary, as soon as you have entered keywords, selected a domain, or both.

What does the concept cloud show?

The “Concept Cloud by Rafih LEHMAM” displays terms sized according to their frequency. You can filter (single words, multi-word terms, all), choose among 4 styles, view the numbered list of terms, open detailed statistics and export the cloud as PNG.

How does AIExtracteur differ from generative AI?

Generative AI summarizes and rephrases. AIExtracteur counts, traces and proves: every occurrence is measured in the source text, every term is clickable to reach its exact passage, and the result is reproducible: the same text always gives the same figures.

What are "User Concepts"?

These are your own terms, entered in the Keywords field or imported (Data import), whose presence AIExtracteur measures in the text. Ideal for monitoring: tracking people, brands or products in the press.

Does AIExtracteur work offline?

Yes. In SummarizOR Desktop (Personal Edition), AIExtracteur runs locally on your computer, without sending your documents to the cloud.

Can the summary be automatically translated?

Automatic translation is integrated with SummarizOR. One can summarize a document in a foreign language and get the summary in their own language.

Is the document size limited?

The size of the document to summarize is unlimited in the single-user (Desktop) and Enterprise Server editions.

Can I get updates?

New versions of SummarizOR Desktop Edition are offered free of charge.

What platforms does SummarizOR support?

SummarizOR supports the following platforms:

How much does SummarizOR cost?

SummarizOR Personal Edition: from €149.
SummarizOR online (SaaS): subscription, see our SaaS pricing.

How may I order online from your website?

We offer several payment methods.
You can download for €149 a copy of SummarizOR Personal Edition, or subscribe to the SaaS offer to use SummarizOR directly online.