Software Reviews & Consulting

After regularly writing software reviews for German and Swiss Computer magazines for the last five years (professional applications for web design, Internet and the sciences such as: Macromedia Flash, Adobe GoLive, Visio Pro, Microcal Origin and Statsoft Statistica as well as various shareware and freeware tools), I am know focussing on Dr. Tom's Independent Software Reviews on the web and almost regular submissions to MultiLingual Computing and Technology.

For many product groups there are no printed nor on-line resources for placing reviews, because publishing reviews on highly specialized software programs does not sell too well. This is the reason why I created Dr. Tom's Independent Software Reviews. It currently features an older comparative review on Topographic Mapping Software, long versions of my reviews of Translation and Localization Software and a few tool tips. I will continuously place reviews on products which should be of interest for professional users. I hope you will enjoy my reviews and they will help you to make careful decisions on whether or not a software might be useful for you and worth the money to spend.

A selection of recently published Software Reviews:

• Wassmer, Thomas. 2002. Comparing Tools Used in Software Localization. A look at CATALYST, PASSOLO, RC-WinTrans, STAR Transit and TRADOS. In Multilingual Computing and Technology magazine. Number 50, Vol. 13, Issue 6. September 2002.
• Wassmer, Thomas. 2003. Review of 4 Localization tools. In Multilingual Computing and Technology magazine. Number 55, Vol. 14, Issue 3. Apr/May 2003.
• Wassmer, Thomas. 2003. Review of Systran 4.0 Machine Translation software. In Multilingual Computing and Technology magazine. Number 58, Vol. 14, Issue 6. September 2003.
• Wassmer, Thomas. 2003. Review of Visual Localize .net 4.1. In Multilingual Computing and Technology magazine. Number 59, Vol. 14, Issue 7. November 2003.
• Wassmer, Thomas. 2003. Tools for Localizing Multimedia Applications. In Multilingual Computing and Technology magazine. Number 60, Vol. 14, Issue 8. Dec 2003.
• Wassmer, Thomas. 2004. AuthorIT: Collaborative authoring solution adds localization management. In Multilingual Computing and Technology magazine. Number 61, Vol. 15, Issue 1. January/February 2004.
• Wassmer, Thomas. 2004. TRADOS 6.5: New version is more than a minor update. In Multilingual Computing and Technology magazine. Number 61, Vol. 15, Issue 1. January/February 2004.
• Wassmer, Thomas. 2004. Four Translation Project Management
  Tools. In Multilingual Computing and Technology magazine. Number 63, Vol. 15, Issue 3. January/February 2004.

My experience in software evaluation and ergometry as well as the constant screening of the market result in a well founded competence, especially in the translation/localization field. I am offering my consulting services to help in the decision process of identifying suitable software products and strategies tailored to your specific needs.