Contract Technical Writer for Computer and Semiconductor Products

We write, edit, and illustrate documents that explain the technical details of computer and semiconductor hardware and software products, processes, and technologies. We serve all industries that produce products based on semiconductors.

Our methods page tells how we approach writing. Our projects and examples pages show examples of our past writing projects.

Writing, Editing, and Illustrating

We write original (start-from-nothing) and edit semi-original (start-from-something) documents. The start-from-something documents can include anything—your engineering specifications, patents or patent applications, rough drafts or notes, prior versions of manuals, competitor's documents, or technical articles.

The creation of illustrations is an integral part of our writing services. We translate technical concepts into figures that illustrate the functions of technologies.

Presentations

We are adept at creating visual analogies that explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences. The analogies are presented as pictures with accompanying text. Such analogies can be very effective in Boardroom presentations or jury presentations for litigation. Please see our Visual Analogies Examples.

We are very cost-effective at preparing litigation presentations, because our billing rates are substantially lower than those of attorneys and we are experts at communicating technical engineering information to all types of audiences.

Documentation Audits

We can audit product documentation (or lack thereof) to expose problems and propose corrections.

Our documentation audits analyze criteria such as:

Accuracy and completeness of content for the intended audience.
Consistent organization and coverage of topics.
Consistent use of names and language style.
Organization of documents for fast, random access.
Readability for audiences who have learned English as a second language.
Compliance with industry, copyright, and trademark standards.
Protection of confidential information.

Products such as supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and distributed control systems (DCS) may be especially vulnerable to errors in documentation. Such systems are often the cornerstones of security infrastructures and must be kept safe, accurate, and fully functional at all times. Documentation audits can help achieve this.

Benefits

Why should a product manufacturer use a contract technical writer?

We unburden product-design engineers, freeing them from documentation and customer-support duties so they can spend more time more productively, developing products.
We help keep total product-development costs low, because we work only when we are needed. When we finish a project, we are no longer part of your budget.