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What is ProWritingAid?
Companies using ProWritingAid produce higher quality content, comms, reports, bids and other documents with fewer mistakes, faster.
ProWritingAid eliminates common error types, inconsistent terminology, contextual spelling errors, grammar mistakes, and poor writing style.
A wide range of integration options, including API and on-premise solutions, supports all sizes of organization, including those with high-level security and privacy requirements.
Who Uses ProWritingAid?
Companies that care about the quality of the content they present to the world, whether that is emails, reports, web-content, technical documentation or other communications.
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Reviews of ProWritingAid
Excellent tool for proofreading
Comments: As a researcher, I must routinely compose scientific articles and academic reports. In my case, I frequently make errors in my writing, such as misspellings, grammatical errors, incorrect word choice, punctuation errors, improper sentence structure, etc. I address these issues by utilizing ProWritingAid. It addresses the majority of the aforementioned concerns and enhances the quality of writing.
Pros:
It has a special feature known as "data visualization" that helps to assess my writing. This feature really helps me to identify the lacking in my writing. It works nicely with Microsoft Word, a variety of browsers, and email. The most incredible thing about it is that it can recognize an incorrect word in a sentence and then offer the correct term to replace it. In addition, tools like spell check, grammar correction, sentence structure suggestions, and word suggestions all come in handy when I'm writing essays.
Cons:
The most annoying thing is that if I make a sentence with passive voice, it unnecessarily detects this structure and suggests changing the passive voice structure. In academic writing, I have to often use the passive voice structure. Secondly, I would say it is costly as compared to other similar tools, especially for the student.
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One of the best investments for a writer
Comments: Extremely positive. It's been a major help with my career over the years, as I started out as a freelance writer. To this day, I promote a writing culture at my company and writing is part of my everyday responsibilities. It's not a flawless experience, but it's reasonably close to being one.
Pros:
One of the best ways to improve your writing is to just do it. But doing it blindly won't make you spot mistakes. ProWritingAid helped me do just that. It's one of the main things that improved my writing for the Web skills. I've been using it since 2018 and I'm using it to this day, even though my usage is getting more and more limited. My main goal when starting to use it was to simplify my writing style and make it more understandable for people, without sacrificing the quality of my content. With a few (out of LOADS) of reports, ProWritingAid helped me do that, and more. I use the Readability, Style, and Grammar reports. for everything I write, and then other reports depending on the situation and needs. I love that ProWritingAid has a lifetime plan and it's a tool well worth the money.
Cons:
The Web app has bugs here and there, but most of them get patched quickly. The uptime is high, probably 99.99%, but there have been a few instances when the site was down when I wanted to use it. It's not a deal-breaker, but it's also noticeable enough. And finally, the Chrome extension is rather unreliable and limited. I don't take it as a major flaw because it's just an extra feature on top of the Web app - but if it exists, it should work well. And it doesn't.
Great Tool for Extremely Short Texts, Monumental Fail Otherwise
Comments: Sharing my two cents about ProWritingAid that I purchased a lifetime licence for: If you're reviewing texts about 300 - 400 words in length at maximum, you'll be happy with the tool. Otherwise, it's not worth the money. If you need a short-term solution, then by all means go for it but don't pay a buck for actually using the SW. I've been using the Word add-on for over three months now and if you want to use most of the tools on more than 800 words, the tool simply can't handle the 'load.' Usually, it breaks off after a minute or so and you can run the check again which normally doesn't help. You end up wasting a ton of your time and accomplish nothing at all. While the language advice and the correction improvements you get recommended are helpful, you're better off using Grammarly or another alternative if you're reviewing long chunks of text in one go and don't want to constantly copy-paste from Word to their interface and back which is a pain if you have to do that daily like myself.
Pros:
Totally intuitive. If you know anything about how English, grammar and vocabulary alike, finding your way through the options and how they work will be a breeze. No learning curve. The tool as well as the report are perfectly self-explanatory. Easy-to-use online interface.
Cons:
Useless add-on when dealing with texts of 800+ words. Constant copy-pasting to and from the online interface wasting your time.
ProWritingAid: A Lifesaver for Accurate and Polished Writing
Comments: Overall, ProWritingAid has been a game-changer for my writing process. As a graduate student, having a reliable tool to help catch errors and refine my writing is crucial. ProWritingAid's detailed feedback has helped me improve my writing skills over time.
Pros:
ProWritingAid provides comprehensive feedback beyond simple grammar checks, offering detailed suggestions for improving style, structure, and readability. The tool's ability to catch errors that may be missed because of dyslexia is invaluable, ensuring that my work is judged on content rather than avoidable mistakes.
Cons:
The user interface can be a bit overwhelming at first,
A class act.
Comments: Less frustrating than thinking about commas.
Pros:
Swift and efficient way of working. It has enhanced my daily routine.
Cons:
No proper MacOS MS Word inline support. The pop ups for suggestions or sparks tend to get in the way of the text.