Does Salutation Detect upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Salutation Detect runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Letter-like text.

Should I use Greeting from Name instead of Salutation Detect?

Use Salutation Detect when you need Detect Dear/Hi/Hello openings. Use Greeting from Name when you need Build Hi/Hello/Dear greeting. They share a category (Documents) but not the same job.

Salutation Detect

Detect Dear/Hi/Hello openings.

Reads the first line for a salutation and name. Unlike Greeting from Name this detects, not builds. Empty fails.

What Salutation Detect does

Reads the first line for a salutation and name. Unlike Greeting from Name this detects, not builds. Empty fails.

Salutation Detect sits in the Documents group on purpose. It is not Greeting from Name (Build Hi/Hello/Dear greeting.) and not Closing Detect (Detect Best regards-style closings.). Choose this page when you need Detect Dear/Hi/Hello openings. If you stretch Salutation Detect into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Salutation Detect

Open Salutation Detect (/documents/salutation-detect) when you need a document-style result, not Greeting from Name (Build Hi/Hello/Dear greeting.).
Add the file type Salutation Detect accepts. Hint from the path: documents · salutation detect. Detect Dear/Hi/Hello openings.
Set only the options that match Salutation Detect. Neighbor Closing Detect does something else (Detect Best regards-style closings.). Tool note: Reads the first line for a salutation and name. Unlike Greeting from Name this detects, not builds. Empty fails.
Run Salutation Detect in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Letter-like text.
Download or copy the result from Salutation Detect. If it is the wrong job, open Greeting from Name instead.

When not to use Salutation Detect

Skip Salutation Detect when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Greeting from Name or Closing Detect — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Reads the first line for a salutation and name. Unlike Greeting from Name this detects, not builds. Empty fails.

Questions about Salutation Detect

What does Salutation Detect do that other Documents pages on this site do not?: Reads the first line for a salutation and name. Unlike Greeting from Name this detects, not builds. Empty fails. Short version: Detect Dear/Hi/Hello openings.
Does Salutation Detect upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Salutation Detect runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Letter-like text.
Should I use Greeting from Name instead of Salutation Detect?: Use Salutation Detect when you need Detect Dear/Hi/Hello openings. Use Greeting from Name when you need Build Hi/Hello/Dear greeting. They share a category (Documents) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Salutation Detect?: Letter-like text. Also: Reads the first line for a salutation and name. Unlike Greeting from Name this detects, not builds. Empty fails.