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free runs every 24 hours
5
characters per run
12,000
instruction characters
300

The task

What the AI tone analyzer tells you

Paste a message and it reads back how the message lands: where it sounds colder than intended, where the register does not match the situation, and which specific phrase is causing it.

It runs on our AI server, so the text is transmitted. The allowance is 5 free runs per rolling 24 hours at up to 12,000 characters each, with no account required.

Expect this

What comes back, and what does not

Competing tone checkers answer with categories. This one answers with sentences. Here is the split so nothing surprises you after a run.

You get
A written read naming the passages that set the tone and explaining what a reader takes from each one.
You do not get
A tone label. There is no taxonomy here: no list of 25 tones, no set of 12 categories, nothing to sort on.
You do not get
A tone tagged onto every sentence. One competing tool does that. This route returns a single read for the whole text.
You do not get
A sentiment score, a rewrite in a chosen tone, a Gmail extension or an API. Rewriting lives on its own routes.

The task

How to check the tone of an email in three steps

Paste the whole message including the greeting and the sign-off. Both carry more tone than the body does.

Step 1
Paste the draft, from 1 to 12,000 characters.
Step 2
Name the reader in the 300-character instruction field: a client, a manager, someone who is already unhappy. Then run it.
Step 3
Change the lines you agree with and send. Remaining runs are shown after each one.

Diagnose it

Five reasons an email reads as annoyed

These are the patterns that come back most often, and none of them is a grammar error, which is why a grammar checker passes the message straight through.

Clipped sentences after a long paragraph
The length drop reads as patience running out, even when you were just being brief.
An opener that restates their mistake
"As I mentioned" and "As I already explained" read as corrections regardless of intent.
A bare sign-off after an ask
One word under a request reads as impatience. The same word under a thank you does not.
Passive voice around a fault
"The file was not attached" is an accusation with the name removed, and readers supply the name themselves.
Formality used as politeness
Long constructions bury the request. Politeness is a clear ask plus a thank you, not longer sentences.

A straight answer

What tone a work email should actually use

Direct, with the ask inside the first two sentences. Keep warmth in the greeting and the close rather than distributing it evenly, because warmth in the middle of a message reads as softening and softening signals bad news.

If the analyzer reports that your message reads stiff, the usual cause is formality standing in for politeness. Shorten the request, keep the thank you, and the stiffness goes.

The reverse failure is rarer and worse. A message about an outage, a refusal or a missed deadline written in the same bright register as an announcement reads as unserious, and the reader concludes you have not understood how bad the situation is. Naming the reader in the instruction field is what lets the read account for that, because the same words land differently on a client who is already unhappy.

The cause

Why AI drafts default to the same tone

A model optimised to be broadly acceptable lands on a register that offends nobody and commits to nothing: level sentence length, hedged claims, an upbeat close whatever the subject.

That is why AI-drafted messages read as insincere rather than rude. The tone does not move when the content does, and the gap between the news and the voice delivering it is what a reader actually notices.

Straight answer

Does a tone flag prove someone used AI?

No. Tone is a signal about the writing, not evidence about the writer. Corporate human prose produces the same flat register constantly.

The analyzer is instructed never to claim certainty about authorship, and we make no prediction about a third-party detector's verdict.

In practice

Who uses the AI tone analyzer, and when

Anyone about to send a complaint, a chase, a refusal or a correction, which is where the question is real rather than theoretical.

Support leads checking a reply template that will reach thousands of people, and managers checking an announcement that has to carry bad news without sounding either cold or falsely cheerful.

FAQ

Everything answered. AI tone analyzer, frequently asked

How do I check the tone of my writing?

Paste it, run it, read the report. It names the passages setting the tone and explains what they convey.

Do I get a tone label?

No. There is no tone taxonomy on this route, so nothing is filed into a category.

Does it tag each sentence?

No. One written read for the whole text, not a tone per sentence.

Is it free?

Yes. 5 free runs per rolling 24 hours, no account, no paid tier.

Is it unlimited?

No. Some competing tone checkers advertise unlimited use. This one is capped at 5 runs per rolling 24 hours.

What is the character limit?

12,000 per run. Empty input is rejected before it reaches the model.

Is my email transmitted?

Yes. This is a server route. Consider that before pasting anything confidential.

Can it analyse a voice recording?

No. Some tools sharing this keyword analyse pitch and speaking rate in audio. This one reads text only.

Does it produce a sentiment score?

No numeric output. Tone is described in words.

Will it rewrite the message for me?

No. It reads and reports. Rewriting is a separate route.

Why does my email sound annoyed?

Most often clipped sentences after a long paragraph, an opener restating the other person's error, or a bare sign-off under a request.

What tone should a work email use?

Plain and direct with the ask in the first two sentences, warmth at the greeting and the close.

Is there a Gmail or Outlook integration?

No extension and no integration. It works on this page.

Is there an API?

No API and no batch mode.

How much should I paste?

The whole message, greeting and sign-off included. Those two carry disproportionate tone.

Does flat tone mean AI wrote it?

No. It is a property of the writing, not proof of who produced it.

Will it predict an AI detector result?

No. We neither test against detectors nor guess their verdicts.

How does this differ from the style analyzer?

This answers how it sounds. The style analyzer also covers construction and structural repetition.

Can I check a message someone sent me?

Yes. It reads whatever you paste.

What happens after 5 runs?

The interface shows when the next one unlocks, 24 hours after the run that used it.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes, identically in any modern mobile browser.

Other languages?

English is what it is built and checked for. Others may work, with no guarantee.