An Out-of the-Box Linguistic Resource

Sophisticated but easy-to-use tools

acrolinx IQ™ is fine-tuned to help businesses generate accurate, consistent, translatable information and to communicate effectively with customers. The standard packages for linguistic checking include Best Practice Writing Standards, English for Non-native Speakers, ASD-STE100, Standard Technical German, Standard Technical Japanese and Global English. Real-time checking with acrolinx IQ™ is intuitive and user friendly. It helps technical information developers internalize the guidelines of their organization to produce higher quality information more efficiently.

Custom built from the Ground Up

Powerful solution for professional technical information developers

The acrolinx IQ™ dictionaries are updated according to your information output so that spell checking recognizes the technical vocabulary used in your industry. Grammar checking intelligently recognizes the complex syntax of technical language so that authors are not distracted with incorrect alarms. Style rules include core Best Practice Writing Standards from leading references and companies, but can also be easily tailored to your organization's guidelines. They ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency by making sure that authors and editors are consistent with abbreviation, punctuation, numbers and units.

Easily Customizable

IQ to meet your individual goals and content

acrolinx IQ™ is easily customizable to meet the needs of your organization. It lets you switch seamlessly between different rule sets to check various types of information or information targeted at distinct audiences.  You can turn rules on or off to tailor your workflow, and run different levels of checking during separate phases of your information production to maximize efficiency. acrolinx IQ™ also offers the acrolinx IQ™ Dashboard to configure your own rule sets from an extensive rule catalog.

Support for Non-native Writers

Increase quality and decrease localization costs

acrolinx IQ™ provides special support to help non-native writers of Technical English. The English for Non-native Speakers package contains rules geared towards typical linguistic issues that non-native speakers of English face, including: word confusion, word order, article usage, agreement and hyphenation. acrolinx IQ™ offers a pre-validated suggestion, allowing non-native writers simply to drop in content they can trust.

Integration with Terminology

Linguistic intelligence that considers terminology at every level

IQ tightly integrates linguistic checking and terminology. The acrolinx IQ™ Terminology Manager lets you allow or prohibit variant spellings. Sophisticated style rules draw on your terminology to ensure consistency in writing units and measures, proper usage of trademarks and compliance with specific guidelines like ASD-STE100.

Metrics and Reporting

Quality control throughout your processes

The acrolinx IQ™ enterprise metrics and reporting functionality enables you to customize quality thresholds to reflect your business processes. acrolinx IQ™ lets you embed quality status information into your documents so that they are visible in the file system or CMS.  They also help managers quantify bottom-line results, and to track improvements over time.