Supervisor meetings are short and comments in the margin are shorter. Esmond does not replace your supervisor. It gives you a detailed second reading so you arrive at your next meeting with the obvious issues already handled.
See how Esmond worksA supervisor in Ireland may be guiding a full group of final year students alongside teaching and research. Comments are therefore often brief: 'unclear', 'needs development', 'link to lit?'. They are accurate, but they leave you to work out what exactly is wrong and how far the problem reaches into the rest of the chapter.
Start by sorting comments into three piles: questions about your argument, questions about your method or evidence, and presentation points. Tackle the first pile first, because changes there ripple through everything else.
Esmond reads your text through general standards in your discipline. It does not know the specific expectations your supervisor has set out for your project. If its feedback points one way and your supervisor's points another, follow your supervisor, or bring the question to your next meeting. That is a good conversation to have, not a conflict to resolve on your own.
Be straight with yourself: Esmond works with language models, so using it is a form of AI use. Rules on AI differ per university, programme, module and assignment. Check your module or programme handbook before you upload, and if it is unclear, ask your supervisor or module coordinator and declare the use if your institution asks you to.
You upload your draft as a PDF. Short documents come back within minutes; a full dissertation takes longer. You get two things back: your own document with comments in the margin, and a separate feedback report that sets out what to tackle first. Every upload starts with a free preview, and the price follows the length of your document and is shown before you pay. No subscription, no account.
Esmond evaluates your work and writes nothing for you. Each comment points to a passage, explains what a supervisor or examiner might question, and gives a direction for revising it. You decide what to change, and every sentence stays yours.
Esmond is preparing its launch in Ireland and is not taking orders here yet. This page explains what the review does, so you know what to expect when it opens.
If your programme asks you to declare AI use, yes. Rules differ by institution and module, so check your module handbook. Many students mention it anyway, since it shows how you prepared.
No. It has no access to your supervisor, your module or your marking criteria.
Esmond is preparing its launch in Ireland and is not taking orders here yet. Until then you cannot upload or order anything here; the guides on this site are free to read.
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