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Technical writers create informational media for a field or technology. Their responsibilities, like that of graphic designers, are to effectively communicate a message. Technical writers are responsible for creating media which are helpful, accurate, comprehensible, and accessible to the intended audience. Many technical writers are also responsible for the creation or conception of content for other illustrative modes of communication (e.g., writing scripts for industrial film and/or video).
Technical communication
Technical writing, a subset of technical communication, is used in fields as diverse as computer hardware and software, chemistry, the aerospace industry, robotics, finance, consumer electronics, and biotechnology.
At the beginning of a project, the technical writer identifies the audience for the informational product. For example, a writer might be creating a paper-based document about how to use a VCR for a non-technical person of average literacy, who needs to know how to set the time and record television shows. Or a similar document may be for a technician who must diagnose, repair, or replace internal components in the same device. In the latter situation, the writer may also be called upon to create the storyboard for the training film/video for the procedure. The result in each case will be very different. Quite often, technical documents have more than one audience (such as a primary and secondary audience), and will need to be serve more than one level of technical expertise.
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