Youdao AI Writing is a drafting and revision tool designed for students, workplace writers, and people preparing content in multiple languages. A written instruction can produce drafts for papers, email, formal notices, marketing copy, and related document types, while existing passages can be polished, expanded, summarized, or rewritten to reduce repetition. It works across Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, and many other languages, making it useful when drafting and revising material for different language contexts.
The assistant can be opened from an icon beside a paragraph, by entering a slash in the editor, or after selecting existing text, so its actions remain tied to the current document. Custom instructions allow a writer to specify how selected content should be changed, and document history can move between the web and desktop versions. Cross-device access and real-time saving require a network connection, while generated or revised text still needs human review for factual accuracy, argument quality, tone, and submission rules.