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Hi all,
We checked a few options a while ago but ended up not buying anything
at the time. Now, we have another window of opportunity and I guess
these tools have added text creation capabilities (a la ChatGPT). So
what is the latest and greatest in this category?
TIA
I used Acrolinx a few years ago. I recently asked for a demo at my last
company (since downsized) and it
has changed quite a bit in just a year. We had the company give us a demo
and it is impressive.
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 8:25âAM <e -dot- dickinson -at- gmx -dot- net> wrote:
> Sorry, here the missing link, meant to mention the *first tool*, too:
>https://sonix.ai/
> And: Not affiliated to either. :)
> KR
>
>
>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Juni 2023 um 13:30 Uhr
> Von: "Nina Barzgaran" <e -dot- dickinson -at- gmx -dot- net>
> An: "Erika Yanovich" <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>
> Cc: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Betreff: Aw: Sidetracked: AI-based writing assistants
> Hello Erika,
>
> you are right. And, since AI is practically the hot topic on every
> channel just now, it's not surprising that people start thinking about
> "technical writing" when you mention AI, tool, and writing in one
> sentence. 'friendly smile'
>
> I had to actually look at it again now to fully grasp what you are
> driving at, being busy the past couple of days explaining AI+TR. I have
> documented AI and the underlying algortihms' principles and that
> documentation earned a special mention by Gartner in 2019. Thats why:
> I know about the principle that AI (actually: machine leanring
> algorithms combined in an apllication *called* AI) involves.
> I can explain it as is our 'job' as TWs. (Cannot create algorithms
> myself, though.)
> :)
> As regards your question: I can provide an example that makes it even
> clearer: There's a website (not the only one, but this one is reliable
> and was at the time very reasonably priced) that offers AI-based
> speech-to-text capabilities: You can upload videos or audio files or
> provide a video-link to one of the more popular platforms - and it will
> transform the spoken word into text you can then edit right there - or
> download in several formats, such as Word .docx - or subtitle format
> .srt I used it a number of times to do exactly that: Create subtitles
> and perhaps even translate them. Found it very fast and stable.
>
> Another online tool you may already know is deepl.com: It offers
> AI-based translations that for German to English are *near*-perfect.
> (Am German, with English lit. M.A.) The human always advised to check
> results.
>
> Hope this helps. :)
>
> Kind Regards
> Nina
>
>
>
>
> Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juni 2023 um 07:39 Uhr
> Von: "Erika Yanovich" <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>
> An: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Betreff: Sidetracked: AI-based writing assistants
> My original question about tools in this category got completely
> sidetracked right from the beginning and morphed into a discussion
> about AI for tech writing - a new and exciting topic everybody is
> enthusiastic to discuss. However, AI-based writing assistants are
> basically style guide enforcing tools with benefits (think about
> Grammarly and such). The tools are meant for the entire organization to
> enhance writing and not so much for tech writers (except they should
> maintain the style guide). The tools now also offer additional text
> generation capabilities, on top of their main functionality.
> With this in mind, which tool you'd consider or recommend?
> TIA
> Erika
> Original question:
> Hi all,
> We checked a few options a while ago but ended up not buying anything
> at the time. Now, we have another window of opportunity and I guess
> these tools have added text creation capabilities (a la ChatGPT). So
> what is the latest and greatest in this category?
> TIA
> Erika
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