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Ginger
What Is Ginger?
Ginger empowers people to write better and faster. Ginger's trusted, AI-powered suggestions improve word choice, refine tone, add clarity, and fix grammatical errors. Ginger offers a web editor, browser extension, desktop app, and a mobile app. A wide range of solutions are available such as plans for individual users, teams plans perfect for any size, and even an API option for integration into your products or processes.
Who Uses Ginger?
Ginger serves anyone who requires a precise writing: individuals, businesses/teams of all sizes, educational institutions/organizations, and users with writing disabilities such as dyslexia.
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Reviews of Ginger
A great way to start writing practice
Comments: Well, it is an outstanding tool, but only at some point of English learning. But for ESL/EFL Intermediate and Pre-Intermediate students it can become a powerful, motivating, encouraging and educative tool which will increase their passion for perfection. It helps as well to understand that all the mistakes, errors, typos, slips of tongue and slips of finger, blunders, gaffes and bloopers are valuable and any human being must learn from them and keep moving forward.
Pros:
The software is based on Natural Language Processing and is probably derived from Generative Grammar by Noam Chomsky. This software is a powerful tool for those who have just started to learn English writing. It can be a great helping hand which will teach you how to paraphrase and what's more, it will demonstrate you the incorrect spelling. It will give you hints on adequate word meanings, can translate your wordings in more than 50 different languages. It is capable to read your texts out loud, can train you and motivate you. You will be able to easily use the program wherever you like: there are versions of Ginger for Desktop, Chrome, Safari, iOS or Android and even Microsoft Office. It can be your proofreader, coach and motivator. Such a great step for your writing progress. It is a great tool for Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate ESL/EFL Students.
Cons:
I am not sure that there are versions for Linux (Ubuntu/Debian users).
Ginger Software Response
4 years ago
Hi Olga, Thank you so much for taking the time to review Ginger! I sincerely appreciate your feedback and happy to hear you love Ginger. All the best, The Ginger Team
Works Well
Comments: While the tool works well and improves my grammar by providing re-phrased sentence it doesn't always catch the punctuation.
Pros:
Works well and give you some good suggestions on how to improve grammar.
Cons:
Chrome extension causes delays in the text appearing when typing. The desk top app pop-up a lot. Doesn't always play nicely with other tools.
Ginger Software Response
4 years ago
Hi Teresa, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review! Glad to hear that Ginger is helping you improve your grammar and you're enjoying Rephrase. Regarding the desktop app pop-up - if you're referring to the Control+C+C shortcut, you have 3 options in your settings if you don't prefer this one! For the Chrome extension issues, I have shared this feedback with the team. If you have any compatibility issues on certain websites, you can email me directly at [email protected]. All the best, The Ginger Team
Customer service
Comments: Very bad experience once I am encountering a problem with the software. This is because there is no real person to help as customer support.
Pros:
It is user friendly. Automated correction through word, made it easier to use.
Cons:
Customer service. There is no real customer service. It has been one week, ginger software is not working. There is no direct person to help. Only after few days someone responding via email with different version of changes and nothing works. This is a gross violation of quality control of any industry. It should notified to all customers.
Ginger Software Response
4 years ago
Hello Susanta, The latest update of Windows removed support for Flash Player. This prevents Ginger from working. We have launched a new Ginger app for Windows and Microsoft Office. In addition to fixing the issue with the latest Windows update, it features: Fast one-click correction from any application on your computer Smart alternatives to add creativity and style to your writing New Microsoft Office add-in to boost your productivity in Word and Outlook. Rephrase integration with Word, PowerPoint and Outlook A mistake by mistake explanation and correction in Word, PowerPoint and Outlook New shortcuts for Correction-(Ctrl+Enter) and Rephrase (Ctrl+R) To download the new version, please head to our download page - Grammar Check, Spell Check & Proofreading Ginger (gingersoftware.com) *Please remove Ginger's old version before proceeding and installing the new version!!! For further assistance, please contact [email protected] Regards, The Ginger Team.
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Ginger Grammar Tool - Good but not the Best
Comments: Before I tried other software, Ginger was great. But there are better, and less expensive, options for what I need.
Pros:
It is simple to set up and use. No issues with these features.
Cons:
Cost. Other software works a bit better for less money. Ginger doesn't seem to catch as many of my errors as other software. It leaves me with a false sense of being well written when it is not, sometimes.
Ginger Software Response
2 years ago
Hi William, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We strive to give our users a great experience, and it's our users' feedback that allows us to continuously evolve. Please share any examples of errors that Ginger didn't catch with us via https://tinyurl.com/4znj94vx. We look forward to speaking with you directly. Thanks again, Ginger Support team
Ginger review
Pros:
Ginger is a writing assistant and helps with spell checking, has a rewrite feature, can work as a Google Chrome browser extension as well as in web and mobile apps.
Cons:
As other AI powered assistants and tools, Ginger has still issues with semantics and context of complex texts.
