Slightly OT: Style checker?

[Courtney Collins]

I received an email about this tool. I haven't used it, but it may be worth looking into...
   
  HyperSTE – Checker software for quality assurance
   
  http://www.simplifiedenglish.net/en/hyperste/

beth.tripp at verizon.net wrote:
  Hi,

I have used John Smart's MaxIt. The company works with your organization to build your dictionaries. You then can add to those dictionaries.

It took a little getting use to, but I thought it was a very useful tool. I'm not sure about checking for a specific style guides. MaxIt has it's own set of rules and I don't remember if that was one of the options for editing how the software worked.

I know that they now have a version that is MaxIt "light". Less money and not all that much hand holding. With the whole package they come in an train the users on the product and work with you to develop your terminology.

John is a transplanted Aussie with a great sense of humor. His product was developed out of the aerospace business. Even though I don't have MaxIt at my current job, I still use the skills developed with MaxIt.

HTH
Beth Tripp

Has anyone used MAXit?

Rene Stephenson

"Combs, Richard" wrote: Yves Barbion wrote:

> I'm looking for a style checker tool that dynamically checks
> whether DITA-structured text complies with terminology
> databases and style guides. Something that does the following:

You need to look into Controlled English. I doubt you'll get your entire
wish list (without spending a fortune on customization and consulting),
but you can get 90% of what you need. Check out Smart Communications
(http://www.smartny.com/) -- they seem to be the leader in the field. I
can't directly vouch for them, or anyone else -- we've only done some
preliminary investigation.

HTH!
Richard>
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