Plain language is not ‘just’ about avoiding long sentences, but a defined language style. Until now, texts have been translated manually, which is expensive and time-consuming. Munich-based startup Summ AI wants to change that with its AI-based technology. Its AI-powered tool “Summ AI” automatically translates any complex text into plain language, making information accessible and understandable for everyone. Summ AI targets its solution primarily at public authorities and companies that are subject to legal accessibility requirements or wish to offer plain language to communicate inclusively and comprehensibly with customers and employees.
10,000 euros for Summ AI
In an interview with Munich Startup, the startup also explains:
“The topic is generally much bigger, because everyone knows texts that are hard to understand. In the long run, we want to make texts in particularly complex areas, for example legal texts or medical information, accessible to everyone by automatically simplifying these texts.”
For this approach, Summ AI has now been recognized as a digital pioneer as part of the Bavarian Digital Prize B.DiGiTAL. The prize comes with 10,000 euros.
The second prize, worth 8,000 euros, goes to agricultural engineer Andreas Dörr from Ostheim vor der Rhön. On his farm, he demonstrates how digitalization in agriculture can reduce costs while protecting the environment.
Third place, with a prize of 6,000 euros, goes to Andreas Schneider and the Onlineservices team in the Office for Digitalization and Process Organization of the City of Nuremberg. The Nuremberg city administration is a pioneer in customer-friendly e-government with a comprehensive, citizen-friendly, intuitive, and understandable digital offering.
Special award for Ukrainian vice minister for digital transformation
Vice Minister for Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Valeriya Ionan, was honored with a special award. Ionan receives the award for her personal commitment and the commitment of the ministry’s employees to her country’s digital transformation. Despite the difficult war situation, Ukraine offers many digital government services. Through the concept “State in the Smartphone,” numerous services are already available via app. This allows government documents such as ID cards or driver’s licenses to be used purely digitally.
