Countertalk Read my page

Website copy, read out loud

Does your website talk with people, or at them?

Countertalk reads the words on a page the way a visitor hears them and marks every place it sounds like a brochure instead of a person behind a counter. Nine plain checks, a score out of 100 and a plain word for each piece of jargon.

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Free for pages up to 1,500 words. No account, no email, no AI.

riverside-bakery.example33/100

Welcome to Riverside Bakery! We are passionate about providing innovative baked solutions that utilize only the very best ingredients.

Our team of dedicated professionals is committed to delivering an exceptional experience to each and every customer who walks through our doors, and we strive to exceed expectations every single day.

J jargon F filler W us-talk long

Same bakery, rewritten

From 33 to 100 by saying it the way you would at the till.

A made-up bakery, written for this page. Both versions are read by the real checker each time this page loads.

33

Before · Hard to listen to

Welcome to Riverside Bakery! We are passionate about providing innovative baked solutions that utilize only the very best ingredients.

Our team of dedicated professionals is committed to delivering an exceptional experience to each and every customer who walks through our doors, and we strive to exceed expectations every single day.

All orders are prepared fresh each morning by our bakers. Custom cakes can be ordered with 48 hours notice.

Learn more

  • Grade 9.6
  • “You” 0, “we” 5
  • 1 long sentence

100

After · Talks with visitors

Fresh bread by 7 every morning, two blocks from the river.

You can pick up a loaf, a box of six muffins or a whole birthday cake. Sourdough is $6. Muffins are $3 each.

Want a cake with a name on it? Call us at 216-555-0142 two days ahead and we will have it ready when you come in.

See this week's bread list

  • Grade 1.8
  • “You” 2, “we” 2
  • 0 long sentences

What it listens for

Nine things a visitor hears before they decide.

  1. J

    Jargon

    Buzzwords and stiff words, each with the plain word you would say.

  2. W

    You and us

    Does the page say "you" as often as "we"?

  3. ΒΆ

    Long sentences

    Anything over 25 words, and the average.

  4. G

    Reading grade

    Flesch-Kincaid grade; aim for 8 or lower.

  5. P

    Passive voice

    "Orders are prepared" hides who does the work.

  6. F

    Filler and hedges

    "Very", "we strive to", "in order to".

  7. L

    Link words

    "Click here" and "Learn more" say nothing on their own.

  8. ?

    First-screen answers

    Price, how to reach you, what to do next.

  9. S

    Shouting and walls

    Capitals, stacked "!!" and 80-word paragraphs.

The rule behind each check, and where it comes from →

Copy Notebook

Rewrite, re-check, watch the score climb.

Keep each draft of a page in a private-link Notebook: no account, no email. See every version’s score, put two side by side to see which words went, and keep a house list of words your business never wants to use.

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Prices

Free for a page. $1.95 a month for the whole site.

Free

$0

  • Checks up to 1,500 words
  • 20 checks a day, 5 by address
  • All nine checks and the swaps
  • A Notebook with 1 page and 3 saved versions

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or $19.50 a year (two months free)

  • Checks up to 12,000 words
  • 200 checks a day, 50 by address
  • A Notebook with 25 pages × 20 versions
  • Compare any two versions side by side
  • A house word list (40 words) checked every time
  • CSV export of every score

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  • One report on a page up to 12,000 words
  • Print-ready
  • Use it within 30 days; it never renews

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What Countertalk is not

  • Not AI. Every finding comes from a written rule you can read on How it reads.
  • Not SEO. It does not count keywords, predict rankings or sell traffic.
  • Not a judge. A score is a reading of the words, not a verdict on your business.
  • Not a collector. Pasted text is not stored unless you keep it in a Notebook. There are no accounts, no email and no visitor profiles; the one labelled banner ad comes from WeldonPC’s own small ad network and sets no cookies (see Privacy).