Language and Terminology Tools
Market overview of recommendable language checkers (spelling, grammar, style, terminology) and terminology databases, especially in connection with the creation of technical documentation and user assistance
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Spelling, grammar, and general language checkers
Terminology extraction tools (TET)
Basic terminology checkers and databases
Upscale terminology checkers and terminology management systems
Congree Authoring assistance tool that helps to create rule-compliant and style-compliant text. Available for Microsoft Word and other editors. Price: not published Microsoft Word Better than some standalone spelling and grammar checkers, particularly for the English language. Price: approx. €279 (some stores sell it for a lower price) WordPerfect Also comes with a fairly good syntax checker. Price: approx. $250 ProWritingAid Checks for a large number of issues. Price: basic version free (web application, Word add-in, Google Docs add-on), premium edition approx. $40 per year CorrectEnglish Needs an Internet connection to work. Price: not published http://www.vantagelinguistics.com StyleWriter Especially aims at improving the clarity of your texts. Price: between approx. $90 (“Starter”) and $190 (“Professional”) Editor Looks for more than 50 types of writing mistakes and identifies weak style such as unnecessary words that you can omit. Price: approx. $55 (Standard Version) and $75 (Editor for Word) http://www.serenity-software.com WhiteSmoke Needs an internet connection to work. May therefore be inappropriate to process confidential texts. Only processes a few pages of text at a time. (Note: Some reviews of this software report rather aggressive marketing such as windows popping up repeatedly when you don’t upgrade the software, even after you’ve purchased the full license.) Price: starting from approx. $10 per month RightWriter Searches for grammar errors and weak writing style. Price: approx. $30 Writer’s Workbench Provides a vast scope of different analyses. Only works when you’ve installed English versions of Microsoft Word and Windows. Price: approx. $120 ClearEdits Performs some basic checks such as sentence length, repeated words, and wordiness. Price: approx. $80 After the Deadline English grammar, style, and contextual spelling checker. Available for a variety of platforms such as WordPress, Confluence, Firefox, Chrome, and OpenOffice. Price. free (open source) http://www.afterthedeadline.com Hemingway App Highlights lengthy, complex sentences in English texts as well as some common grammar errors. Price: free (web application); desktop version approx. $20 LanguageTool Customizable proofreading software that finds errors by looking for text patterns defined in an XML file. Alternatively, error detection rules can be written in Java. Price: free (open source) Grammarly Web-based proofreader that corrects contextual spelling mistakes, checks for grammar errors, and enhances vocabulary usage. Price: free (web application); premium approx. $30 per month |
SDL MultiTerm Extract Extracts terms from documents to help crating terminology databases and glossaries. Price: not published SynchroTerm Extracts terms and creates terminology records from source and target document pairs and translation memories. Price: approx. $402 TermSuite Toolbox for terminology extraction and multilingual term alignment. Price: free (open source) Acronyms Master Builds tables of all acronyms that are used within a Microsoft Word document. Price: approx. $49 (“Lite”) and $85 (“Pro”) |
PerfectIt Ensures consistency with house styles and between multiple authors. Requires Microsoft Word. Price: approx. $99 http://www.intelligentediting.com Term checker for Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100) Helps to make sure that text conforms to ASD Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100). Uses LanguageTool. Price: approx. £400 http://www.simplified-english.co.uk MindReader Scans a translation memory and suggests writers identical or similar text fragments (sentences, single or multiple paragraphs). Price: not published https://www.star-group.net/en/products/authoring-assistance.html AnyLexic Simple terminology management system. Can import existing glossaries. Price: approx. €49 Lingo Utility for creating terminology lists. Price: approx. €80 http://www.lexicool.com/soft.asp evoTerm Web-based terminology management system. Price: approx. €360 per year TermWiki Pro Enterprise terminology management system. Price: starting at approx. $39 per month |
TermStar, WebTerm Price: not published acrolinx Guides writers to create content that’s accurate, consistent, search-ready, and translation-friendly. Price: not published HyperSTE Quality assurance software for standardized documentation. Ensures compliance with corporate terminology and style guide rules. Price: not published https://www.simplifiedenglish.net UniTerm Software solutions for the creation, management, and dissemination of corporate languages. Price: not published authordesk Price: not published http://www.gds.eu/en/products/authoring-assistance.html LogiTerm Combines a full-text search engine with various translation and terminology tools. Price: approx. $795 MAXit Checker Monitors technical texts for compliance with Controlled English or ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English. There are versions available for FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, Arbortext, XMetal, and UltraXML. Price: not published http://www.smartny.com/maxit.htm Finalyser TERM CHECK Checks the consistent use of terminology in Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, and Powerpoint. In other editors you can check terms via the included Finalyser Clipboard Listener. For the creation and maintenance of the connected database, you can choose between an XML database and a UniTerm database. Also supports the inclusion of foreign languages. Price: not published http://www.squidds.de/finalyser/ TermWeb Web-based terminology management system. Price: not published http://www.interverbumtech.com flashterm Online database that helps you to collect, develop, and apply your organization's terminology. Price: not published |
Technical Writers’ Companion Companion and style guide through all stages of a user assistance project, from the analysis of requirements through structuring the content and designing templates, writing, illustrating, proofreading, and translating. Price: approx. €99 https://www.indoition.com/en/products/technical-writing-companion.htm TextSTAT Reads text files, Microsoft Word files, OpenOffice files, and HTML files, and then generates word frequency lists and concordances from these files. Can spider a whole web site or browser-based help system. Price: free (open source) http://neon.niederlandistik.fu-berlin.de/en/textstat/ AntConc Corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis. Price: free (freeware) |
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