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, is just as good at grammar correction. The templates offered in WhiteSmoke Writer are mixed.
WhiteSmoke Writer - Download / Free Trial. WhiteSmoke Writer is the leading software for writing correction on the market. The core features of WhiteSmoke Writer include advanced grammar, spelling, punctuation and style checking - all designed to detect and correct errors in your text.
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. By Anonymous Not Impressed at all. The interface is easy to use and clicking the F2 button makes it convenient to access any. 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.