Tedopres launches new site on Controlled Language: www.simplifiedenglish.net

June 24, 2009

Tedopres is proud to announce the launch of its new website on controlled language, www.simplifiedenglish.net. We hope that you find the website informative and useful. Based on 35 years of experience in cost-effective information delivery, we developed HyperSTE in the early 2000s to fulfill our customers’ needs for a quality assurance tool which ensures clear and concise information delivery and dramatic savings in translations. Moreover, the use of Controlled Language results in many benefits for technical content including:

• Cost savings on documentation and translation
• Compliance with writing standards and style guides
• Elimination of confusion and misunderstandings
• Improved safety
• Improved customer experience
• Increased benefits for DITA, S1000D and content management thanks to increased reuse of quality content

Several years after its introduction, HyperSTE has become the industry leader in controlled language software. It was originally intended for the aerospace and defense industries because it ensures compliance with Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100) which is the international writing standard for maintenance manuals for aircraft, MIL SPEC and other Grade Level reading requirements. Due to the success of HyperSTE, other industries became interested including software, machinery, consumer products, medical, banking and pharmaceutical. Based on implementing the best practice writing rules of ASD-STE100, and by adapting the company/industry specific vocabulary, STE became very suitable for use in industries other than aerospace and defense. Moreover, thanks to the flexibility of HyperSTE it was very easy to configure the software to meet any industries’ controlled language needs. As a result, HyperSTE not only became the industry standard for controlled authoring in the aerospace and defense industries with customers like the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), Rolls-Royce and Boeing, but in other industries as well. HyperSTE is now being used in a large variety of industries, including medical, software, hardware, machinery, fitness equipment, automotive, banking and financing.

In addition to the above mentioned benefits, case studies have shown that HyperSTE results in:

• Up to 30% in translation cost savings thanks to HyperSTE’ control of the source text and its direct link with translation memory software
• Up to 30% in reduced time to market as the use of HyperSTE automates quality control and assurance
• Efficient authoring: thanks to user friendly and informative feedback, HyperSTE educates the author on good writing practices rules and correct terminology
• Compliance with any style guide, including ASD-STE100, MIL SPEC, Grade Level requirements, and any other (corporate) style guide

Tedopres recently released HyperSTE 3.0, which offers new features like sentence reuse, incredible speed for batch checking large files and compliance rating to provide our customers with even more benefits.

To request our new brochure on Controlled Language, White Paper, our free booklets on Simplified Technical English and Simplified Illustrations, or to find out what benefits HyperSTE can provide your technical content, please contact us at ste@tedopres.com. We would be happy to provide you with an (online) demonstration of HyperSTE and show you how you can start authoring efficiently and save cost today!

We look forward to hearing from you!

Tedopres International