Snap a photo, paste the text, or drop the PDF. In under 20 seconds you get a plain-English explanation, every deadline flagged, and a ready-to-send German reply. No C1 required.
Your first three explanations are free and no account is needed. Photo, PDF, Word, HEIC — up to 10 MB.
Here’s an anonymised Finanzamt letter our users actually uploaded, and exactly what Briefed gave them back.
Sehr geehrter Herr Smith, hiermit übersenden wir Ihnen den Einkommenssteuerbescheid für das Steuerjahr 2024. Nach Überprüfung Ihrer eingereichten Unterlagen ergibt sich eine Nachzahlung in Höhe von € 847,00.
Bitte überweisen Sie den genannten Betrag bis zum 15. April 2026 auf folgendes Konto. Die Festsetzung erfolgt gemäß §155 Abgabenordnung. Sollten Sie mit dem Bescheid nicht einverstanden sein, können Sie innerhalb eines Monats Einspruch einlegen.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Ihr Finanzamt München.
Take a photo on your phone, drop a PDF, paste the text. HEIC, blurry, Deutsche-Post-window envelope — all fine.
We extract the point, the numbers, and the deadlines. You see what the letter means — not a dictionary-style translation.
Every deadline flagged, every next step listed, and a ready-to-send German reply drafted when you need one.
Start free. Upgrade only when German bureaucracy insists on being a subscription.
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Your letter is processed in memory and deleted within 60 seconds. It never enters a training dataset. Ever.
All processing happens on servers in Frankfurt. No transfer to the US, no third-party trackers on the upload page.
Your first three letters work with zero signup — upload, read, close the tab. No email fishing, no paywall tease.
No. Briefed is an AI explainer — it translates and summarises so you know what you’re looking at. For anything with significant legal or financial stakes (court summons, large tax bills, eviction notices), consult a lawyer or Steuerberater. We’ll tell you in the output when we think that’s warranted.
It’s processed in memory on EU-based servers and deleted within 60 seconds. It is never stored, never shown to another user, and never used to train AI models. We keep only anonymous usage stats (letter type, processing time) to improve the product.
Yes. JPG, PNG, HEIC, even slightly blurry or angled shots. Briefed OCRs the letter, straightens the text, and ignores the window-envelope frame. For best results, put the letter on a dark surface in even light.
Currently English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Polish. You pick the language after upload. More EU languages rolling out through 2026.
Briefed is specifically trained on German administrative language (Behördendeutsch). It will handle other official letters in German cities (some Austrian, Swiss, or bilingual Brussels letters work too), but it’s not meant for English-language junk mail.
Yes, in two clicks from your account page. No phone call, no retention email. German bureaucracy should be the only thing in your life that’s hard to cancel — and we’re trying to fix that too.
Three letters, free, no account. If the relief doesn’t hit, you close the tab and owe us nothing.
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