Name of the tool: Text Compactor
Web address of the tool: www.textcompactor.com

Brief Description of what the purpose of the tools is/what it does: This free online tool helps students extract the meaning out of a bunch of text with distracting text. It is a great tool to provide a summary without some of the distracting fluff in text. 

Short description of how it can be used in education: This tool can be used in education to help any struggling readers process large amounts of information in less time and weeds out some of the less important factors by creating a summary. Helps to extract important content for learners that may not have strong comprehension or for students who may not be fast readers. This works best with expository text and reference material.

Short description of how this tool could remove or reduce barriers for certain learners:

This tool can remove barriers for certain students who get distracted easily such as students with Attention Deficit Disorder or learners who may be struggling readers. For those with ADD/ADHD it may be more difficult for this student over others not to get sidetracked from what is meant to be derived by the text this tool will help them focus on what is meant to be extracted from the reading.

Statement about the required age of users if any according to the tool’s terms of service:
This tools usage does not have a minimum age requirement.