Product updates

Are you curious about the development of Story Check? On this page we share release notes and notify what features we are working on.

What’s new and what’s next

Release Notes

Browser Extension version 26.8.25:
• Introduction of disallowed word scan in browser extension

Browser Extension version 26.8.10:
• Updated button for “fast” and “thorough” option.
• Updated UI for configuration popup

Browser Extension version 26.7.9:
• Bugfix for editors with pure text (non-HTML)

Browser Extension version 26.7.6:
• Text field no longer editable to allow more correct extraction
• Various visual improvements
• Messaging in case of no mistakes introduced
• Bugfix: Fixed unwanted line breaks
• Bugfix: unwanted replacement of styling

Browser Extension version 26.6.16:
• First public version of Story Check in Chrome Store

Browser Extension version 26.6.01:
• Prototype version for testing

Browser Extension version 26.5.29:
• Prototype version for testing

Admin or backend update May 26:
• Introduction of new UI for internal use

Admin or backend update November 25:
• Replacement of third party spell checking tool in internal news room by Story Check POC

New feature!

Now you can catch problematic words!
Story Check can now spot problematic words while proofreading. They’re highlighted in the text but don’t appear as corrections, so you decide whether to change them.

What we are working on

Expected for Q3 2027

• Story Check admin: New navigation and UI in the entire system for rules management and feedback reports.
• Story Check will be working as browser extension in FireFox.

Expected for Q4 2027
• Story Check ad-in to Microsoft Word
• Improved workflow for disallowed words
• Improved UX for selecting corrections in left side text field

Expected for Q1 2028
• Introduce classifications on corrections so it is possible to identify if the rule was triggered by a rule og by the replacement list