A writing enhancement tool
WhiteSmoke Writer is a word processor designed for people writing English as a foreign language.
Offering spelling and grammatical corrections on a sentence-by-sentence basis, WhiteSmoke Writer also includes style suggestions for anything you write, in any program you write with. There are also a wide variety of templates, from application letters to love poems.
During WhiteSmoke Writer's installation, a hot key is set (default is F2), and when pressed WhiteSmoke Writer swings into action and highlights errors in the text, with suggested corrections. The dictionary and thesaurus are good. The former offers translation to several languages, and the latter gives lots of results, though without examples of usage which can be dangerous for the student of English. There is also a translator, but unfortunately it tends to translate sentences verbatim, which makes it even less effective than Google Translate.
WhiteSmoke Writer offered some corrections to non-native English speaker writings that were tested, but it was far from comprehensive and missed some important errors. In fact, Microsoft Word is just as good at grammar correction.
The templates offered in WhiteSmoke Writer are mixed. The financial templates are useful, but not great and use some weird vocabulary. There are also love letters, an apology to a brother, cheesy letters to friends, and a wedding anniversary letter, some of which have some bizarre wording and can be downright comical to read. A quick search on the internet will find better, free examples.
The idea of a language checker available at the touch of a button is a good one, but WhiteSmoke Writer's results are still relatively weak in this 2011 version.
It's difficult to recommend WhiteSmoke Writer, as any word processor will do corrections just as well.
User reviews about WhiteSmoke Writer
by Anonymous
Had it for years and it has stopped working and no one at the company.
When it was working nice product - now not so good, it keeps asking for a license and support not responding More
by Anonymous
no response from tech supportt.
Not able to get costomer suport
Called a few times and left messages but no reply
completed two online suport request but no reply
I am wondering if this company is still in operational Cons:
tech support More
by Anonymous
Not Impressed at all.
The interface is easy to use and clicking the F2 button makes it convenient to access any text. I evaluated a number of programs and I decided on Whitesmoke 2011. Sadly, it is a decision I regret. For anyone who is serious about using this type of product, if used under more rigorous conditions, "Whitesmoke 2011" under performs. The program begins to delete words, pagination becomes distorted and word enrichment is unhelpful.Tech support provides responses exactly the same as the FAQ, so quite unhelpful. Good product for children or those people new to English language. Pros:
Easy and simplistic interface.
Cons:
A number of flaws would suggest the testing process before launch of the product was rushed. More
by Anonymous
A Must-Have Writing Tool.
I recently upgraded to WhiteSmoke 2011 with the WhiteSmoke Translator tab, and since then I haven't sent a single email without first running it through the grammar-checker for mistakes. I definitely recommend the software.
Pros:
-Compatible with most word processors
-Easy installation
-Simple to use More
by Anonymous
excellent software.
I recommend anyone to download this software. It works really well and I found it to be most useful.
by Anonymous
Great software.
Not much to say really. It's a great software and with English being the leading language for world wide communication, I think this is a must on every computer - just like your microsoft office or windows is a must.
Pros:
Finally something that keeps you from making a fool of yourself
Cons:
An offline version would be great More