Writers Workbench

[Gary Perlman]

> I need information on a product called "Writers Workbench".
> 
>              -What is it?
There are two Writer's Workbenches.  The one most people know is
the style and diction programs, running on Berkeley UNIX systems.
That represents a very old version of WWB.  The real WWB is many,
maybe 30, programs for aiding the editing process.  You can read about
them in the July-August Bell System Technical Journal (V. 62, No. 6, part 3).
>              -What features does it have?
It has many many programs.  A better spell checker, punctuation checker,
find awkwards phrases, sexist language, doubled words, and style, and diction.
There's more, but these are the programs I found most useful.
>              -Is it available, and from whom?
WWB is now a product sold by AT&T Technologies, or maybe AT&T Information
Systems.  I don't know how much it costs.
> 
Gary Perlman/Wang Institute/Tyng Road/Tyngsboro, MA/01879/(617) 649-9731