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Life & fun · April 26, 2020

Convert a number to an approximated text expression

Convert a number to an approximated text expression: from '0.23' to 'less than a quarter'. - accelerated-text/numberwords

Convert a number to an approximated text expression launched on April 26, 2020 with 114 votes, #381 of 5,003 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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This tool converts numbers into their approximate text expressions. For example, it might transform "1,234,567" into "about one million." It's useful for anyone needing to present numerical data in a more readable, spoken-language format. The tool was released in 2020 and is available on GitHub as an open-source project.

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