WordRake

{{Short description|Seattle-based company that produces editing software}}

WordRake is a Seattle-based company that produces editing software of the same name. WordRake software is intended to improve the brevity and clarity of writing.{{cite web |last1=Golbert |first1=Charles P. |title=Legal editing software packed with pros and cons |url=https://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/archives/2014/04/11/charles-golbert-nbh-4-11-14 |website=Chicago Daily Law Bulletin |access-date=29 October 2024}}{{Cite book| publisher = Univ of California Press| isbn = 978-0-520-96335-1| last1 = Goldstein| first1 = Tom| last2 = Lieberman| first2 = Jethro K.| title = The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well| date = 2016-01-08|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hmbiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA188}} WordRake is used in over 7000 law firms (its initial market), and in businesses, government agencies, and academia. In January 2013, the City of Seattle announced that it had installed WordRake for use in several municipal departments.{{cite web |website=GeekWire |title=Spellcheck on steroids: City of Seattle implementing WordRake editing software |url=http://www.geekwire.com/2013/spellcheck-steroids-city-seattle-implementing-wordrake-editing-software/ |author=Taylor Soper |accessdate=21 July 2014}}

Reviews of WordRake have been generally positive while acknowledging the software’s limitations.{{cite web |website=Adams on Contract Drafting |title=Would Contract Drafters Benefit from Using WordRake? |url=http://www.adamsdrafting.com/would-contract-drafters-benefit-from-using-wordrake/ |author=Kenneth Adams |accessdate=21 July 2014}}{{cite web |website=LawSites |title=The WordRake Editing Program Takes on Scalia, Kagan and El Pollo Loco |url=http://www.lawsitesblog.com/2012/12/the-wordrake-editing-program-takes-on-scalia-kagan-and-el-pollo-loco.html |author=Robert Ambrogi |accessdate=21 July 2014}}{{cite web |website=Attorney at Work |title=WordRake: Clearing the Clutter from Legal Writing |url=http://www.attorneyatwork.com/wordrake-clearing-the-clutter-from-legal-writing/ |author=Carol Gerber |accessdate=21 July 2014}} The program works as an extension to Microsoft Word, with another version for Outlook, and, like automated spelling and grammar checking, WordRake can be prone to false positives.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}