Open Source Multilingual Text Proofing with LanguageTool 2.0

Version 2.0 of LanguageTool, an Open Source style and grammar checker, has been released. It supports more than 20 languages, including English, German, Polish, French, and Spanish. The new version fixes some bugs and improves the error detection rules for several of the supported languages.

LanguageTool can be downloaded for free here.

TechScribe Releases OS Term Checker for Industry Controlled Language Standard

The UK technical writing aid provider has released an open-source term checker solution for ASD-STE100 issue 3 on its site. The ASD-STE100 standard is an international specification for preparing content for maintenance documentation in a controlled language. Until now software needed to help technical writers conform to ASD-STE100 has been very expensive. This TechScribe solution democratizes the technology.