1000+ copy editing hours saved annually.
Editors are great. Asking them to check all outgoing comms against a list of 200+ ‘flagged terms’ is less great. I made a simple web-app to handle it for them instead.
Tools: Visual Studio Code, Javascript, HTML, CSS
Skills: Product Design, User Experience, User Interface
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1. Paste your text
Slack messages, docs, emails. Over 400 employees in our org need to check their comms before they send them out.
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2. Review your changes
The tool provides suggestions on what words should probably be fixed before publishing anything. It’s more guideline than law.
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3. Check your work
Definitions for each word are readily available because… well… English is a silly language. Better safe than sorry.