# Smart quotes to straight quotes

- Human page: https://happytails.ai/en/text-tools/smart-quotes-converter/
- Markdown: https://happytails.ai/en/text-tools/smart-quotes-converter.md
- Structured JSON: https://happytails.ai/agents/en/text-tools/smart-quotes-converter/index.json
- Visibility: public

## Tool capabilities

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tool ID | `smart-quotes-converter` |
| Category | text-tools |
| Implementation | Registered implementation. Registration alone is not a production-quality guarantee. |
| Browser execution | Automatic updates after valid input or file selection. |
| Browser processing | Browser; see tool notes for network behavior. |
| HTTP API | Not callable through HTTP. |
| Browser-agent interface | run_current_tool |

### Implementation notes

Converts curly single and double quotation marks to straight ASCII quotes. Apostrophes are converted too. Other punctuation stays unchanged.

### Inputs and settings

Text input: Your text.

Example or placeholder shown in the interface (not a validated fixture):

```text
Type or paste your input…
```

Change the input or settings to update your result. Results update as you type. Up to 1,000,000 characters.

No additional settings are declared for this tool.

### Browser-agent workflow

1. Open the human page in a browser that supports WebMCP.
2. Discover the interface exposed by that page; use its actual schema.
3. Select files on the page first when the tool requires files.
4. Call `run_current_tool` with valid input and settings.
5. Inspect the returned result or error and the displayed output. Retrieve files from the displayed download links.

Calls do not automatically copy or download results. Browser permissions still apply. Interface availability alone is not proof of successful execution.

### Planning specification

Converts curly single and double quotation marks to straight ASCII quotes. Apostrophes are converted too. Other punctuation stays unchanged.

This describes intended requirements. Use the implementation notes, interface schema and observed output to determine current support.

### Complete machine-readable capability record

```json
{
  "id": "smart-quotes-converter",
  "category": "text-tools",
  "built": true,
  "requirements": "Converts curly single and double quotation marks to straight ASCII quotes. Apostrophes are converted too. Other punctuation stays unchanged.",
  "implementation": {
    "fields": [],
    "live": true,
    "note": "Converts curly single and double quotation marks to straight ASCII quotes. Apostrophes are converted too. Other punctuation stays unchanged.",
    "experience": {
      "automatic": true,
      "single": false,
      "inputMaxLength": 1000000,
      "inputMode": "text",
      "label": "Your text",
      "placeholder": "Type or paste your input…",
      "help": "Change the input or settings to update your result. Results update as you type. Up to 1,000,000 characters.",
      "action": null
    },
    "mode": "automatic",
    "interactive": false
  },
  "execution": "Browser interface",
  "api": null,
  "browser_agent": {
    "supported": true,
    "name": "run_current_tool",
    "discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
    "verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
  }
}
```

## Page guide

Replace curly quotes and apostrophes with straight quotes.

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### How to use Smart quotes to straight quotes

1. Paste text copied from a document or editor. Curly single and double quotation marks become straight ASCII quotation marks. Copy or download the cleaned text.
2. “It’s ready.” becomes "It's ready.". This is useful before pasting quoted values into code, although the result still needs syntax review.

## Useful next steps

- [Unicode normalizer](https://happytails.ai/en/text-tools/normalize-unicode/) ([Markdown](https://happytails.ai/en/text-tools/normalize-unicode.md))

- [HTML escape](https://happytails.ai/en/developer-tools/html-escape/) ([Markdown](https://happytails.ai/en/developer-tools/html-escape.md))

- [Find and replace](https://happytails.ai/en/text-tools/find-and-replace/) ([Markdown](https://happytails.ai/en/text-tools/find-and-replace.md))

## How to use it

Paste text copied from a document or editor. Curly single and double quotation marks become straight ASCII quotation marks. Copy or download the cleaned text.

### Try a small example

“It’s ready.” becomes "It's ready.". This is useful before pasting quoted values into code, although the result still needs syntax review.

### What to know

Converts curly single and double quotation marks to straight ASCII quotes. Apostrophes are converted too. Other punctuation stays unchanged.