How to use an AI humanizer on a Chromebook

Steps in Chrome

1. Select the AI text wherever it is (a chat, a Google Doc, an email) and press Ctrl + C.
2. Open a new tab and go to this site.
3. Click the box and press Ctrl + V, or click the Paste button inside the box if Chrome shows it.
4. Check the counter. The free plan takes up to 200 words per run.
5. Click Continue in Humaniser. The same tab opens Humaniser with your text loaded.
6. Click Humanize, then Detect AI if you want a score, and copy the result.
7. Back in your document, select the original passage and press Ctrl + Shift + V to paste the new version over it as plain text.

Extension or a Chrome tab?

You don't need an extension: a humanizer in an ordinary tab does the same job with less access to your Chromebook. Many humanizers for Chromebooks come as extensions, so here is what actually differs:

Google's admin help lists the choices for managed Chromebooks: allow everything except a blocklist, or block everything except an allowlist, optionally letting users request an extension. On a school device, that choice is the school's, not yours.

Shortcuts worth knowing

These are ChromeOS's own shortcuts, so they work in this page, in Google Docs and in most web apps.

The clipboard menu is the one most people miss. Google's help says it keeps up to five items, so you can copy up to five parts of a document first, then paste them here one at a time without going back. Work in batches of five or fewer.

Example: a lab summary in three parts

Here's how a 450-word lab summary written with an AI tool fits into Humaniser's free plan, which gives you 3 runs a day of up to 200 words each:

1. In Google Docs, split the summary where the paragraphs fall: aim, method and results (about 160 words) as part one, discussion (about 150) as part two, conclusion (about 140) as part three.
2. Copy all three parts in a row. Three copies fit well inside the clipboard menu's five.
3. On this page, press Search + V, choose part one, continue in Humaniser and humanize it.
4. Paste the result back over part one with Ctrl + Shift + V, then come back for part two.

That uses all 3 free runs for the day. A summary longer than 600 words would need a second day, or a paid plan. More words per run and other languages come with a paid plan, from $5 a month on yearly billing or $10 month to month.

School-managed Chromebooks

A school Chromebook is enrolled in your school's admin console. The admin decides which websites open, which extensions install and sometimes which accounts can sign in. That has a few practical effects:

• If the site won't load, it's almost always a block set by the school. Ask IT or your teacher. Don't use a proxy, VPN or another account to get around it.
• If Humaniser asks you to sign up, that's because many students share the school's connection. The account it asks for is free.
• If your class has an AI policy, it applies whatever tool you use. Read it before you hand in anything you've run through a humanizer.

Working in Google Docs on a Chromebook

Most Chromebook writing happens in Google Docs, and the same three habits make the biggest difference there: send one section at a time, paste back with Ctrl + Shift + V, and name a version of the document before you start so you can always go back. The Google Docs workflow walks through each step, including version history and Compare documents.

If your school uses Microsoft 365 instead, the steps for Word for the web in Chrome cover pasting back as text only and tracking changes. On your phone later? See copying and pasting on a phone. Or go back to the home page and start with the sample notice.