The detectors

The programs, in their own words

Three tools produce most of the scores students are accused over. Each page below is built from the vendor's own documentation — what the number means, what the vendor concedes about its limits, and what to ask for. The pattern repeats: every vendor says, in its own words, that its score is not proof and should not be the only basis for action. Schools know this. Your answer can remind them.

Turnitin

The percentage, the hidden 1–19% range shown only as an asterisk, the sentence-level error rate of about 4%, and Turnitin's own sentence: the score “should not be used as the sole basis for action.”

GPTZero

Document probabilities and sentence highlights, a claimed false-positive rate of no more than 1%, and GPTZero's own warning that its results “should not be used to punish students.”

Copyleaks & the rest

Copyleaks, Originality.ai, ZeroGPT, and school-built tools — what they claim, what independent tests found (14 tools, none above 80% accuracy in 2023 testing), and the questions that fit any tool.

Included in the $39 MyWorkMyWords Kit

  • The evidence binder builder: the exact order to assemble version history, drafts, research trail, and earlier writing into one file a panel can follow in five minutes
  • Appeal statement templates: the fill-in structure for 'I wrote this, and here is the trail' — for a first answer, a formal appeal, and a score-only case where the school's own rules bar the score as sole proof
  • Hearing scripts: what to say when they read the score aloud, the questions to ask about the report, and how to answer 'did you use AI?' without talking yourself into a corner
  • The deadline tracker: your window, your hearing date, and the 'what to save from today' checklist so nothing expires while you build the file
  • The escalation page: the signs your case has outgrown a $39 kit — expulsion on the table, a license at stake — and how to hand a lawyer a file that is already built

Get the MyWorkMyWords Kit — $39

One payment of $39. No subscription. The kit is a web page you can return to and print — the evidence binder builder, appeal statement templates, hearing scripts, and deadline tracker, built for a student answering an accusation this week.