For Students

AI Detector for Students — Write With Confidence

Run your essay through TextSight to understand how it reads to AI detectors. Then improve flagged sentences for clarity and authenticity — using our one-click AI rewriter for the ones that need it.

TextSight scoring an essay at 95/100 AI with sentence-level highlights
Context

Why this matters in 2026

Your school is running every essay you submit through an AI detector. Turnitin, GPTZero, Originality, Copyleaks — by the start of the 2025-26 academic year, 87% of US universities and a growing share of high schools had at least one detector wired into their LMS. The detector runs in parallel with the submission, so the score is available to instructors as soon as the assignment is turned in.

That's fine when you used AI and got flagged for it. The problem is the false-positive rate. Multiple peer-reviewed studies in 2024 and 2025 found mainstream detectors flag 30–40% of human-written essays as AI — especially essays from non-native English speakers, neurodivergent students, and anyone who writes in a polished academic register. The pattern matches AI training data. The detector can't tell the difference.

TextSight is the same kind of tool your school uses, but you run it first. You see what the detector sees. You fix only the sentences pulling your score up. You submit knowing what your essay looks like through the algorithm's eyes.

The Problem

The 2026 student problem

False positives on essays you wrote yourself

Turnitin and similar tools now flag 30-40% of human-written student essays as AI. Once it's on your academic record, removing the flag is hard.

No time to rewrite an entire essay before submission

You're hitting the deadline. You don't need a full rewrite — you need to know which sentences to fix and a fast way to fix them.

You used AI for research, not writing — but the polish reads AI

You looked something up with ChatGPT, then wrote in your own words. Detectors still flag the structure because you absorbed the rhythm.

"Paraphrasers" lose your voice

Most AI rewriters rewrite everything in the same generic style. Your professor reads it and now your "voice" sounds like every other student's.

You don't know which detector your school uses

Originality, GPTZero, Turnitin AI, Copyleaks — schools are switching tools every term. You need to pass detection across all of them, not just one.

The Fix

How TextSight helps

1

Pre-submission scan

Paste your essay (up to 25,000 chars on Pro) and get an Authenticity Score 0-100 in under 30 seconds. Scan unlimited times — no daily cap on Pro.

2

Sentence-level highlighting

See exactly which 5-8 sentences read as AI, ranked by severity. Fix only what's flagged. The rest of your work stays untouched.

3

Voice-preserving AI rewriter

Three modes — Light, Balanced, Maximum. Light keeps your voice almost identical and just smooths AI patterns. Maximum is for when you need the score below 30%.

4

Free plan covers most assignments

3 scans per day, 5,000 chars per scan, 2 AI rewriter uses for life — no credit card. Most students never need to upgrade.

In Practice

A typical study session

  1. 1 Write your essay normally. Don't hold back — finish the draft first.
  2. 2 Paste the essay into TextSight. Hit Scan. Wait 30 seconds.
  3. 3 Read the sentence-level highlights. Usually 4-7 sentences pull the AI score up.
  4. 4 For each flagged sentence: click "Rewrite" — Light mode unless score is below 60.
  5. 5 Re-scan. Aim for 80+ before you submit.
  6. 6 Submit your essay. Total time: 5 minutes after the original draft.
Pricing

Which plan fits a student

Recommended: Starter
$7.49/mo

billed $89.88/year

  • 20 scans per day (covers a full week of assignments)
  • 10,000 chars per scan (~2,000 words = a typical essay)
  • 20,000 words/month AI rewriter
  • 14-day scan history (track score across drafts)
Start Free — 3 Scans/Day
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FAQ

Common student questions

Is using TextSight academic misconduct?

No more than using Grammarly. TextSight is a writing tool that helps you understand how your text reads. It doesn't write for you. Your school's academic integrity policy is the source of truth — most allow assistive writing tools.

Will Turnitin still flag my essay after I rewrite?

Significantly less likely. Turnitin's AI detector flags the same patterns TextSight flags. After rewriting the sentences pulling your score up, the same patterns are gone. Not a guarantee — detectors disagree on edge cases — but the flagged sections are addressed.

How fast is the scan?

About 30 seconds for a 2,000-word essay. The AI rewriter is similar — 30-60 seconds depending on how many sentences need rewriting.

Does my school know I used TextSight?

No. Scans are private to your TextSight account. Nothing is shared with your institution unless you explicitly share a link or PDF report.

Does it detect ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini essays?

Yes — all major models are detected with the same accuracy. The detector is updated when new models release. Same goes for the AI rewriter.

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Shared Capabilities

What students get with TextSight on every plan

Whether you are running a first-year essay, a senior thesis, or a research paper, these six capabilities ship on every TextSight plan, including the Free tier. None of them require a credit card to try.

🔍

Pre-submission scan

Paste an essay before you click Submit on your LMS and see the same kind of AI score your school will see. You can revise risky sentences while the deadline still gives you room to think, instead of explaining a flag after the fact.

🗣

Voice-preserving AI rewriter

The Light and Balanced AI rewriter modes keep your sentence rhythm, vocabulary range, and argument structure intact. Your professor still hears you on the page, not a generic rewrite bot speaking in your place.

🛡

False-positive defense

When a detector flags writing you actually wrote, the score alone is not evidence. TextSight gives you a downloadable PDF report with timestamps, sentence-level reasoning, and version history that you can attach to an academic-integrity appeal.

📋

Sentence-level evidence for advisors

If your advisor or honour-board chair asks why a section reads as AI, you can show them the exact 4 to 7 sentences responsible and the linguistic patterns behind each one. Concrete evidence is far more persuasive than a single percentage.

🎁

Free 3 scans per day

The Free tier gives you 3 scans every day with no credit card, no trial countdown, and no email upsell loop. For most undergrads writing one essay a week, that is already more capacity than the workload demands.

No signup required for the first scan

Paste a paragraph into app.textsight.ai and you get a result without an account. Useful if you are between classes and just want to spot-check a tricky paragraph before deciding whether the tool is worth saving in your study workflow.

Plan Picker

Plan picker for students

Four tiers shaped around real academic workloads, from a single undergrad essay a week through to dissertation writing, full PhD theses, and university administration buying for a department.

Free
$0

Best for: Undergrad essays and weekly assignments. The 3 scans per day cap easily covers most one-essay-a-week study loads.

3 scans per day, no signup required for the first scan, 5,000 characters per scan, 2 AI rewriter uses for life.

Starter
$9.99/mo

Best for: Dissertations and longer projects across a full term. Multiple drafts of the same chapter, plus shorter coursework on the side.

20 scans per day, 10,000 characters per scan, 20,000 AI rewriter words per month, 14-day scan history.

Most popular
Pro
$19.99/mo

Best for: PhD theses, multi-chapter research projects, and grad students preparing for committee submission. Unlimited daily scans across drafts.

Unlimited scans, 25,000 characters per scan, 50,000 AI rewriter words per month, file and URL upload, priority support.

Business
$39.99/mo

Best for: University administration, writing centres, and graduate programmes that want a shared seat pool across staff and tutors.

100,000 AI rewriter words per month, REST API access, 5 team seats, white-label PDF reports.

Annual billing saves 25%, dropping Pro to $14.99/mo and Business to $29.99/mo. Full pricing →

FAQ

Frequently asked by students

Eight of the most common questions we hear from students, undergrad through PhD. Honest answers, including the ones where the answer is uncomfortable.

Does my school know I used TextSight?

No. TextSight is a private tool tied only to your account. We do not integrate with Turnitin, Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, or any university LMS. Your school sees the essay you upload to them, not the drafts you ran through us first. The only way they learn you used TextSight is if you tell them or if you share a TextSight report link voluntarily, for example as part of an academic-integrity appeal.

My honest writing keeps getting flagged. What is going on?

False positives are common on essays from students who write in a polished academic register, students with a STEM background, and students who learned English from formal sources. Detectors are trained to flag patterns like even sentence length, frequent transitional phrases, and lack of contractions. Those are AI tells, but they are also the markers of clean academic prose. TextSight shows you which specific patterns trip the model so you can vary cadence and contractions selectively without rewriting your whole essay.

I am an ESL student. Is TextSight going to penalise my writing?

ESL writers are the single highest false-positive group across every major detector, including the one your school runs. We will not pretend that is solved, but TextSight gives you something most detectors do not: the exact sentence patterns that trigger the score. That lets you keep your meaning intact while breaking the rhythmic patterns the detector reads as AI. Several writing-centre tutors use TextSight precisely as an ESL coaching aid, not as a verdict tool.

Will TextSight improve my detection score?

Honest answer: TextSight is not a substitute for writing your own work. What TextSight does well is help you address sentence patterns that flag honest writing. If your essay is genuinely yours and a detector misreads it, the AI rewriter plus the evidence report give you a clear path forward. If the essay is not yours, no AI rewriter on the market can give you confidence, and we recommend writing the essay yourself.

Can I cite TextSight in my academic work?

Yes, and we encourage it when relevant. If you used TextSight as part of your writing or editing process and your institution requires AI-tool disclosure, cite it as a writing assistant in your methodology or acknowledgements section. A typical citation looks like: "AI detection and editing assistance was provided by TextSight (https://app.textsight.ai/). Final wording and argument were authored by [your name]." Check your supervisor or department style guide for the exact format they prefer.

Can I get a refund if a detector still flags me after rewriting?

We cannot guarantee the verdict of every third-party detector, so we recommend the free tier first — no card required — to confirm TextSight works for your essays before you pay. Paid plans are billed up front and aren't refundable, but you can cancel anytime to stop future renewals, so you're never locked into a contract.

My parents pay for everything. How do I set up a parent-funded subscription?

The simplest path: have your parent enter their card on your account at checkout. The subscription is tied to your login, not to the card. You can change the payment method later from the billing page without losing scan history. If your parent prefers a separate billing email, contact support and we will switch the receipt address while keeping the workspace on your account. We accept all major credit and debit cards, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in supported regions.

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