Technical Writing Blog

Our entire blog is dedicated to technical communication and everything around it. Technical communication is a broader term, and it includes technical writing. For most people, technical writing is something a documentation team does, whatever this is. Let’s try to clarify this term a little. So, next time you need to explain to someone what…

What is a readability score? It is a score you get based on a set of algorithms used to figure out how readable a text is. Of course, everyone who creates content wants it to be easy to read. This is especially true for technical writers, their job is to create solid comprehensive content. Although…

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Help authoring tools are programs for technical writers that allow to design, publish and maintain software documentation. The resulting text isn’t only README files, but manuals and guides that help users to interact with tools/devices effectively. So technical writers should use the best Help Authoring Tool (HAT) Software in order to develop useful documentation. Quality…

In this blog, we’ve mentioned a couple of times that a lot of people out there don’t have any idea of what technical writers do. Let’s be honest, documentation teams can be underappreciated and even underpaid. Of course, the whole community of technical communicators is doing its best to let the world know about their…

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If you would like to take up a career in the technical writing field, you should be mindful of the specifics of this job. All technical writers are different, that goes without saying. And, still, there are common personal characteristics most of them share. Keep reading to learn more and to figure out where you…

Technical writing is constantly evolving due to technological advances. Among the upcoming trends in techcomm there are AI, the Internet of Things, online help authoring and many others. So in order to be a valuable player on the team and an employee on the market you need to keep up with evolving technology. Along with…

The Internet gave us so much freedom. Back then, when it all began, we couldn’t even imagine how deeply it would affect our lives. With the development of the Internet, a big dilemma appeared that rings true for many office jobs, and, technical writing is one of them. At a point in time, not so…

Technical writing and communication involves communicating complex information to specific audiences with clarity and accuracy. The key word here is communication, which is a term for two-way interactions. But in case of technical writing, the addressee side is shrouded in mystery. Technical writers often have a very vague idea of the end-users, their level of…