Category Archives: CHAT-GPT
API, CHAT-GPT, Technical Writing
AI-Powered Topic Generation and Outlining: Breaking the Technical Writer’s Block Barrier
Mar
“40% of technical writers say that initial topic research and brainstorming is one of their biggest time drains.” Okay, I made that up. But you know what? You should be tracking metrics like that! I’ve found that tracking how much time is spent on specific tasks not only helps with overall project management but also […]
Jun
If you’re considering a career in technical writing, specializing in AI documentation offers promising career opportunities. I’d recommend that you create 30-day plans to go deep into the technologies to give yourself and edge over other writers and carve out a lucrative career in this area. Here’s how to get started.
Jan
Using ChatGPT as a technical writing assistant can significantly expedite the documentation process. However, as mentioned, it’s crucial to review and edit the generated content to ensure accuracy and clarity.
If you’ve followed the previous steps, you should good technical summary. You should have saved a considerable amount of time, especially if you fed Chat-GPT with material from different documents, spreadsheets, and notes. I suspect doing this by hand would take considerably longer.
Here are some other ways you can get Chat-GPT to improve the quality of the summary.
In part 3 of this CHAT-GPT writing tutorial, we’re looking at how to use Chat-GPT to refine the first draft of your summary, especially those of a technical nature.
Let’s now look at how to write the actual prompt to summarize the text.
After you’ve uploaded the material to Chat-GPT/Claude/Poe, you must write a prompt (actually a series of prompts as can refine the summary results as you progress).
The simplest way to do this is to ask Chat-GPT how to create summaries, which is what I did.
Recently, I’ve started to use CHAT-GPT as a type of ‘Summary writer assistant’. My aim was to see if it can save me time drafting summary material, speed up the review process, and refine the quality of my own summaries. Does it help? The short answer is Yes.
Jun
Can CHAT-GPT write technical documentation? Like many tech writers, I’ve been looking at ways to use CHAT-GPT, Huggingface, and Google Bard to help with tech doc tasks.