Software Reviews : RIGHTWRITER,Version 2.1 I Reviewed by Clinton R. Sanders,University of Connecticut,Hartford Publisher: RIGHTSOFT,Inc.,2033 Wood Street,Suite 218,Sarasota,FL 33577 (telephone: [phone]) / Year of Publication: 1987 Materials: One program disk,user manual Price: $95 Machine Specificity: IBM Pc and compatibles System Requirements: 256K and two dual-sided disk drives or one disk drive and a hard disk Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Abstract

RIGHTWRITER employs artificial intelligence techniques to analyze documents for errors in grammar, word usage, punctuation, and writing style. The program is extremely easy to use, and the documentation is simple and well written. Produced primarily for the business market, RIGHTWRITER tends to balk at the complexity and length of conventional academic sentences. It provides very useful assistance in polishing obscure, passive, and wordy social science writing into more accessible and direct prose.