What it does
Yomu is a document editor built around academic writing. You describe your paper or import a Word file, then use a document assistant to draft sections and give feedback, an autocomplete that finishes sentences and paragraphs, and editing commands that paraphrase, expand, shorten or summarize text. Citations are a central part of it. The site says Yomu finds sources and formats them in 700+ citation styles, powered by Sourcely, and lets you save sources to a personal library and reuse them across documents. It also offers a plagiarism checker, grammar and text improvement checks, and helpers for adding and captioning figures and tables. A chat area answers questions about writing, research and citations and can work with PDFs, images and web search. The site's update log says chat, the editor and full-text generation run on recent models from several providers, and that a user's model choices carry over between updates. The site also publishes an ethics statement on responsible use and offers free standalone tools such as a paraphrasing tool and an essay outline generator.
Capabilities
- Document assistant that drafts sections and gives feedback
- Autocomplete for sentences and paragraphs
- Citations in 700+ styles with a reusable source library
- Plagiarism checker and grammar improvements
- Chat that works with PDFs, images and web search
- Import from Word (.docx)
When to use it
- Drafting an essay, literature review or thesis with citations as you write
- Polishing an existing paper by paraphrasing, expanding or shortening passages
- Checking the originality of academic work before submitting it
