Guide
How to use Inkprint
This guide covers the full loop: adding or uploading text, checking quotes, reading each panel of the report, and knowing what the result can and cannot tell you. A first check runs in seconds.
Step 1
Add or upload your text
- Paste at least 100 words into the text box, or click Upload file to load a .txt, .md, or .docx file. Articles, essays, replies, and comments all work, and uploaded files are read in your browser.
- Watch the counter under the label. It shows the word and character counts, and it notes when the text is too short.
- Click Analyze text. The result replaces the panel below, and the input clears so you can run another check.
- Open More options to choose an example or select Clear everything to reset the text and report.
The run takes a few seconds. The button shows “Analyzing…” until the report is ready.
Step 2
Check quotes against the original document
Adding the original document is optional. It does one job: check the quoted sentences in your text against the document they came from.
- Paste your text, open More options, then select Add original document.
- Paste the document the text quotes from into the box.
- Click Analyze text. The quote check panel lists one verdict per quoted sentence.
A worked example. This is the Quote-check sample, shown in full:
Text to check
The Vellmore Conservatory was "founded in 1912 in the old quarter", according to its own history page. Its main concert hall "seats more than 5,000 people in the main hall", which the page describes as the largest venue in the region. The annual spring gala "raises funds for scholarships", and the page says it has become the most important arts fundraiser in the city. Visitors can join guided tours of the archive on weekends, and the conservatory continues to expand its educational programs for local schools. As a testament to its enduring cultural role, the institution reminds us that music education matters for every generation, and it invites the community to support its work.
Original document
The Vellmore Conservatory was founded in 1912 in the old quarter. Its concert hall seats 1,200 people. The annual spring gala raises funds for scholarships that support local students.
What the quote check reports
Inkprint matches only the words inside quotation marks. The claim around the quote decides whether the document supports it, contradicts it, or says nothing about it.
The link opens the workbench with the text and document filled in and the document box visible. Click Analyze text to see the three verdicts.
Every quoted sentence gets one of four verdicts:
- Verified: the document supports the claim.
- Contradicted: the document says the opposite of the claim.
- Quote not found: the quote does not appear in the document.
- Unsupported: the document is silent on what the claim asserts.
Quotes shorter than 20 characters are skipped, and claims without quotes are not checked. The pattern score ignores the document entirely.
Step 3
Read the result
Panels run from the strongest evidence to the supporting detail. Read them in this order:
- Signal index: the score out of 100 and its band. The needle shows the score’s position between looks human, mixed, and AI signals.
- Headline and summary: what stood out and which patterns drove it.
- Stats row: confidence, writing type, passages analyzed, and word count.
- Passage map: pattern strength in each sampled passage, so you can see where the signals cluster.
- Your text, marked up: click any highlight to see what matched. The legend names each mark.
- Signals: open a pattern to read what it checks and see the passage where it scored highest. Each pattern returns a probability.
- Vocabulary: counts for the chatbot-linked words this check watches. They appear in human writing too, so treat them as weak evidence.
- Tool tokens and placeholders: exact matches such as leftover template text. These override the pattern score.
- Quote check: a verdict for each quoted claim when you add the original document. Chips mark quotes that need review.
- Calibrated estimate: a secondary experimental read. The signal index above it is the primary one.
A few habits make the report easier to trust:
- Start with the exact matches and the strongest signals, then read the evidence. One signal is weak on its own; several independent signals matter more.
- Human writing reaches the mixed and strong bands too. Read the flagged passages before forming a view.
- Check the passage map and the per-passage bars when the document is split. A single dense passage can raise the whole score.
- A review note means the score is close to a band boundary, or 12 or more signals are uncertain. Treat it as a prompt to look closer.
Limits
Limits to keep in mind
Inkprint reports on patterns in a text, and it has clear boundaries:
- Minimum length is 100 words. Reports between 100 and 149 words carry a short-sample caveat.
- Inkprint reads up to 50,000 characters of text and 60,000 characters of the original document.
- Uploads accept .txt, .md, and .docx files up to 2 MB. Word formatting, images, and footnotes are not extracted, and .doc and .pdf files are not supported.
- Long documents are sampled: up to four passages are scored, and the report shows when sampling stopped early.
- Quote checks need quotes. Only quoted sentences are matched against your document.
- Scores are signs, not proof. A result cannot tell you who wrote a text or why it was written.
- Repeat runs vary. The same text can move a few points between checks.
- Checks are rate limited per connection, and a repeat check of the same text returns the cached report for up to an hour.
- English works best. Inkprint is tuned for English and is less reliable on other languages.
Fair use
Share results with care
Read the evidence, keep the context, and ask about process. Do not accuse anyone based on a score.
About Inkprint explains responsible use in full, including guidance for students who work with AI tools.