Acrolinx Product Retrospective
Ashish AgrawalJames Longbotham
Olivia Voils
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
The following is intended to outline our generalproduct direction. It is intended for informationpurposes only, and may not be incorporated into anycontract. It is not a commitment to deliver anymaterial, code, or functionality, and should not berelied upon in making purchasing decisions. Thedevelopment, release, and timing of any features orfunctionality described for Acrolinx’s productsremains at the sole discretion of Acrolinx.
Agenda
Acrolinx 4.0 Release
Acrolinx 4.1 Release
Acrolinx Integrations
ACROLINX 4.0 RELEASE
Acrolinx 4.0 Highlights
Voice Scores
Acrolinx Analytics
Terminology
Rule Contexts
New “Scorecard”
Voice ScoresCreate More Engaging Content
Voice Scores: Create More Engaging Content
Measure tone of voice
Show writers where they fall short
Consistently maintain your “brand voice”
Deliver more engaging content
Acrolinx shows writers how their content
ranks against targets.
DEMO: ENGLISH VOICE
Acrolinx AnalyticsEnterprise-Class Reporting
Acrolinx Analytics: Meet Executive Needs
New enterprise-class reporting capabilities– Metrics that executives
expect & demand
Improved user experience & performance
Replacement for “Reporting” functionality– If you’re licensed for
Reporting, then you get Analytics
– If you’re not, please talk to your Acrolinx account manager
Twelve Standard Reports
New reports on cost savings, quality, usage
Assess results against goals
Calculate cost savings / ROI
Identify problems for translation
Report Details (1 of 2)
Distribution of checks by document type, language, plug-in, rule set, user
Metrics (words & sentences per document, flags per 1000 words, avg. sentence length, avg. score)
Checks performed per hour
Checks performed per hour
Number of flags for each rule
Top spelling issues
Report Details (2 of 2)
Quality improvement over time
Quality improvement by document
ROI (cost savings) by category
ROI (cost savings) by time period
Terminology usage grouped by status
Number of checks per month
Simple Report Generation
Choose report type
Select report parameters
TerminologyEasier & Faster Management of Terminology
Terminology: Easier & Faster
Terms displayed in infinitely scrolling list (no longer paged)– Easier to work with
long lists
Grouping and in-place editing– No need to leave list
view, which reduces picks and clicks
Can “group” terms in list view– Can easily see related
terms, which simplifies mass changes
Rule ContextsEasily Adapt Acrolinx to Parts of Your Content
Rule Contexts
With administrative privileges, you can enable/disable rules for specific portions (“contexts”) of document– Example: use
imperative in procedures
Enable/disable rules through Dashboard– Quick & simple
Previously, only Acrolinx Professional Services could set up rules for specific contexts
ScorecardReplaces Checking Report & Results Dialog
Scorecard
Tabs brings you quickly to
area of interest.
Hover to see list of most
frequent issues.
ACROLINX 4.1 RELEASE
German Voice
Measure tone of voice
Show writers where they fall short
Consistently maintain your “brand voice”
Deliver more engaging content
Terminology Management
Simpler Tabbed Layout
Instant Saving
Ability to customize layout of Term Edit Page
Add/Delete Comments on Term Edit Page
Term Aggregation
Web based UI
Combine harvested terms into a single file.
Automatic removal of duplicate and variant terms
Import into Excel
Other Features
SEO – Check for variants
Voice Scores in Scorecards
Terminology Backup
Platform Additions
– MS Windows Server 2012
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x64)
– MS Windows 8.1
DEMO: TERMINOLOGY UI
ACROLINX INTEGRATIONS
Roadmap - Integrations
Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014
MS Word
MS PowerPoint
IBM WCM .
Serna 3.8
CORENA Studio 4.1 CK Editor
Adobe CQ
ArborText
MadCap Flare.
SDL LiveContent
LiveContent2013 SP4/ 2014
Editors supported:
– ArborText
– XMetaL
– oXygen
SDL World Server
Re-use of existing translations
Requires Enrich 2.0
TMS integration coming later in year.
DEMO: FrameMaker12 + SDL WORLDSERVER
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