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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 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 cash rebate when 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