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Parent Translator
Upload a report card, IEP notice, newsletter, permission slip, or teacher email and get a plain-language brief: what it says, what it means for your child, what to do, and what to ask the school.
Free to useNo sign-upNo account
School document
PDF, Word, image, or text · up to 4 MB
Not school or legal advice. Briefs are generated by AI and can be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Use them at your own risk, and confirm dates, rights and obligations with the school or a qualified adviser. Ontool is not responsible or liable for any decision or outcome based on them.
What you get
4-part briefJargon explainedDeadline timeline
The file is sent to Ontool and Google Gemini to build the brief. It is not stored.
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Reading the document…
Looking for what it says, what it means, and what to do next.
Parent brief
Your school document, explained
What it means for your child
Uncertainty in this document
What you need to do
What to ask the school
Draft email
Words explained
Deadlines found
Before you act on this
This is a plain-language, AI-generated explanation of the document you uploaded. It is not school or legal advice, a special-education evaluation, or a school decision, and it can be incomplete or wrong. Use it at your own risk, check important dates and rights with the school or an official resource, and note that Ontool is not responsible or liable for decisions made from it.
How it works
Choose the language you want the brief in, then upload one school document: a PDF, Word file, photo, or text file up to 4 MB.
Ontool reads text-based PDFs, DOCX, and TXT on its server. Images and scanned PDFs are read by Gemini’s vision model. The file is processed for the request and is not saved.
The model returns a fixed four-part brief: what the document says, what it means for your child, what you need to do, and what to ask the school. The response must pass a strict schema and a citation check before it is shown.
Review the jargon explanations and the deadline list, copy the draft email if it is useful, and confirm every date and decision against the original document.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of school documents can I upload?
Report cards, IEP and 504 notices, progress reports, school newsletters, teacher emails, permission slips, and other school communication that contains information, actions, or deadlines. PDF, DOCX, PNG, JPG, and TXT are supported, up to 4 MB per file. Password-protected PDFs and unsupported formats are rejected with a clear message.
What does the four-part brief contain?
Every result has the same four sections: What this says (a short plain-language summary), What it means for your child (what the document’s statements mean in practice, with uncertainty marked), What you need to do (actions, responsible people, and dates that are actually stated), and What to ask the school (questions plus a draft email). Jargon explanations and a deadline list sit alongside the brief.
What happens to my child’s document?
The file is uploaded to Ontool’s server, read there, and sent to Google Gemini to build the brief. Ontool does not save the document, extracted text, or result to a database, and there is no account or history. Temporary request data is discarded when the request finishes. The document still travels through Google’s API and is processed under Google’s terms. Redact names, student IDs, and addresses you do not need to share.
Is this legal advice about IEP or 504 rights?
No. It explains the document in plain language and can point out that a rights question should go to the school or an official resource. It does not decide whether the school followed the law, whether your child is entitled to a service, or what you should do in a dispute. For legal advice, contact a qualified advocate or attorney.
How are deadlines handled?
A deadline is listed only when the document states one. A specific date is kept as a date; a phrase like “next Friday” or “by the end of the month” keeps its original wording and is marked unclear instead of being turned into an invented calendar date. Always confirm the date in the original document before you rely on it.
Why does the brief sometimes say “not stated”?
The model is instructed not to fill gaps from general knowledge. If the document does not name a deadline, a service, a grade, or a responsible person, the brief should say it was not found rather than guess. “Not stated in this document” is a deliberate result, not a missing feature.
Which languages are available?
English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, and Tagalog. The parent-facing explanation is written in the language you choose. Source quotes stay in the document’s original language so you can match them to the page. Arabic results are displayed right to left.
How many documents can I analyze?
Without an account you can analyze one document per day from the same connection (IP address). Signing in to a free account raises that to three analyses per day. The limit is tied to the connection or the account rather than a browser session, so refreshing the page, clearing cookies, or opening a new tab does not reset it. A failed model call returns the run to your allowance. The daily count resets at midnight UTC. The remaining count appears in the tool after each analysis.
What are the limits?
One document per analysis, up to 4 MB and roughly 60,000 characters of extracted text. PDF, DOCX, PNG, JPG, and TXT only. Scanned and image documents rely on the model reading the page, so a blurry photo can produce incomplete citations. The brief is an aid for a conversation with the school, not an official record.