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- Dear User,
-
- Thank you for trying Scandinavian PC Systems' first shareware
- product, Readability Plus.
-
- In 1989, this same program -- Readability Plus -- was the best
- selling text analyzer in the United States. Buyers paid $130 to
- order it by mail, and the program was acclaimed in reviews
- published in every major computer magazine and in many popular
- magazines (including Playboy).
-
- Then why, with an estimated 100,000 people using it already,
- have we released it as shareware? Because we KNOW that there
- are at least two million PC users who can benefit from using a
- text analyzer such as Readability Plus, and we're hoping that
- you're one of them.
-
- We want to hook you on using Readability Plus so that you'll
- first become a registered owner, and later upgrade to Readability
- Plus' powerful successor, Corporate Voice. Corporate Voice is the
- world's first and only writing style replicator.
-
- Registration of Readability Plus, for $25, gets you:
-
- .. A registered disk with all files and no registration reminders.
-
- .. A 120-page, hard cover, multicolored manual that several
- reviewers have called one of the finest PC manuals that's ever
- been produced. It even includes the complete mathematical model
- that underlies the program!
-
- .. Unlimited technical support.
-
- .. A coupon that will provide you with a $15 discount if you
- decide to upgrade to Corporate Voice.
-
- To upgrade, simply call our 24-hour order line, 1-800-4 U.S. SPCS
- (1-800-487-7727) and use your credit card, or print out the file
- called REGISTER and mail it in with your check or credit card number.
-
- One final note:
-
- Please don't confuse Readability Plus with grammar & style
- checkers. It starts where those programs leave off. In fact,
- many of our users have a fine command of the English language
- and don't need grammar checkers. Grammar checkers correct many
- grammar and word usage errors. And they'll let you stipulate how
- strict you want those grammar rules applied through the selection of
- what they call business, technical and personal "styles." But
- their definition of "style" applies to word usage, not writing
- rhythm and word and sentence cadence.
-
- In contrast, Readability Plus assumes that what you've written
- is mechanically correct. Rather than look for errors, it looks
- for sentences and words that aren't appropriate for your
- intended audience and purpose -- those things that make writing
- boring and unintelligible to the reader. Compare your text to
- any of the nine writing style models provided with the program.
- "Align" the style of your draft with the model's so that they're
- indistinguishable. Whether you want to want to write love letters
- that read like advertising copy (not such a dumb idea!), or
- technical papers that read like well crafted magazine articles,
- Readability Plus gives you the writing edge that only
- other Readability Plus (and Corporate Voice) users enjoy!
-
- For an even more powerful edge, after you've seen what
- Readability Plus can do, read the last chapter of this manual.
- It will explain the additional powerful features that Corporate Voice
- provides -- the software that lets you, not us, decide what constitutes
- the best writing for your intended purpose. It's software that will
- help you make your writing sing!
-
- With kindest regards,
-
- Mark W. McBride, President
- Scandinavian PC Systems
-
- P.S. This software and all documentation accompanying this program are
- Copyright 1983-1992, Scandinavian PC Systems AB, Elicon Datorteknik AB, and
- Roland Larson. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part except for
- distribution purposes as outlined on the REGISTER.DOC document that
- accompanies this program. Use of this software constitutes immediate
- acceptance of the terms and conditions as outlined in the accompanying
- documentation. If you do not wish to proceed with the program introduction,
- press Control-C (hold down the "Ctrl" key on your keyboard and then press the
- letter "C").
-