The beginning of a fantastic writing tool.
November 30, 2021

The beginning of a fantastic writing tool.

Martin Lee | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Writer

We're incorporating it into our product development process to provide our content designers with the ability to control and produce UI material. We had developers produce stuff on the fly all the time, and they frequently misspelled our product name (among other things!). Or we had out-of-date stuff that would require engineers to change, which would take forever. Writer solves this problem by providing a single, simple interface to our Git repositories.
  • My favorite aspect is how clear and accurate the sections for the many components of style are.
  • They are thought-provoking in the sense that you don't always analyze the significance of where a comma is used or the capitalization of a word - until it becomes a problem.
  • Creating our own language, typical blunders, and prohibited phrases.
  • There is some setup required to get your word lists in there, adjust your editing style, and set up typical errors, but otherwise it works similarly to other programs (but worth it in my opinion).
  • Their web editor loses formatting, which several team members have complained about. However, formatting is properly retained in GDocs, Word, and the Chrome extension. There is some setup required to get your word lists in there, adjust your editing style, and set up typical errors, but otherwise it works similarly to other programs (but worth it in my opinion).
  • I wish it were easy to provide solutions to complex problems rather than simply highlighting them.
  • Creating our own language, typical blunders, and prohibited phrases.
  • Developing a styleguide to consolidate message, phrasing, writing style, and brand voice requirements.
  • We've largely utilized the extensions (Chrome, Word, and Google Docs), but there are some people on the team that use the web app, which is simple to use.
  • Developing a styleguide to consolidate message, phrasing, writing style, and brand voice requirements.
  • I'd like to see a Firefox addition at some time, but for now, the Chrome and Google Docs extensions suffice.
  • Processes for producing, revising, optimizing, and publishing material have been streamlined.
Helps my team get material ready for publishing as fast as possible It's very customisable and helpful for purposes beyond simple grammar and spelling checks. We can use it to ensure punctuation/formatting consistency, naming consistency (we use a lot of proprietary terminologies that can be tricky to get right), PII compliance, and readability, but ProWritingAid is capable of much more than grammar and spelling. It gives you the option of reading fiction or nonfiction. It gives you the option of selecting a genre. It enables you to contrast your work with that of a best-selling author in your genre.

Do you think Writer delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Writer's feature set?

Yes

Did Writer live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Writer go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Writer again?

Yes

We have many employees that write across the organization, from proposals in business development to marketing to the communications team, and the team members come from a diverse spectrum of cultural and professional backgrounds. It's useful to have a distinct voice in the market and to clean up items that don't sound as fluent or clear.