What is it all about?

Texts and Contexts

Anybody who professionally deals with printed texts knows that the road from the original text to the final printed version can be a rocky one. Good intentions and seemingly unending proofreading phases cost time, money, nerves – and do not guarantee success.

Why?

The productions steps from original document to layout finally to printing are usually simpler in theory than in practice. Each step is a potential source of new errors. With each step the distance from the original source increases. At the same time the ability to protect the integrity of the original document usually decreases.

No matter how good the layouter and the printer may be, each is the master of his own trade – and neither is the master of the content of the original text. As a result, there are often mistakes. To name a few: typographical errors, missing text, text in the wrong position, formatting inconsistencies.

Although errors may not stem from the original text, the author of the original text usually bears the full responsibility. Depending on the target group, mistakes can range from simply embarrassing to legally problematic and costly. Errors in legal texts can be damaging to clients and their lawyers. Errors in the documentation of medical products can sometimes lead to serious health problems. Finding out that the layouter or the printer is the source of an error, is at best a small consolation.

Preventing the mistake is always better than finding out who made it. Our Text Verification Tool can help you do just that!

What is it?

An easy-to-use tool that helps you make sure that your final printed version is identical with your original text.

Who needs it?

• Anyone who writes a text that appears in a final printed version
• Anyone who strives for 100% accuracy in printed texts
• Anyone who is in charge of putting customer's text into a final printed version.

How does it help?

It saves time
It saves money
It saves embarrassment
It protects customers and their clients from the potential legal problems that can result from incomplete and incorrect information due to “printing errors”

How does it work?

The text verification tool (TVT) is a Windows-based software capable of comparing any original text document with the layouted version of the text prepared for printing. It works by comparing texts according to a few basic categories
- content deviation
- position deviation
- stylistic/typographic deviation
The  TVT is easy to install. The TVT requires no training to be used successfully. Anyone familiar with MS-Word and the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF system will be able to use it with no problem.

The Text Verification Tool uses the original PDF-Libraries from Adobe.

The Text Verification Tool does not change your files!

The Text Verification Tool is ISO 9001:2000 certified.