A professional language quality tool built on the trusted editorial standards of Ritzau, Denmark’s national news agency
Users
160
+1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
3
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#70K
#59K among extensions
Version
26.8.25
updated 26 Aug 2026
Users
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Latest, 18 Oct 2026:160 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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Latest, 18 Oct 2026:3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Ritzau Story Check
Story Check is Ritzau’s professional language quality tool built for modern editorial and communication workflows. Built on the trusted editorial standards of Ritzau, Denmark’s national news agency, Story Check integrates directly where professionals create, edit, and publish content, and the spell checking practice is constantly updated and refined by Ritzau's language editors. This allows organizations to strengthen language quality directly inside existing processes without disrupting established tools or publishing routines. Story Check preserves formatting, structure, and workflow while improving text quality. Story Check strengthens your content through:
- Spelling and grammar
- Clarity and readability
- Journalistic precision based on Ritzau writing standards
- Entity validation
- Logical flow and editorial coherence
- Consistency and overall language quality
Story Check can be customized with company-specific language policies, allowing the platform to reflect not only Ritzau’s editorial standards but also your own terminology, phrasing, and communication principles. With Story Check, you get:
- Professional language quality directly within your existing tools
- Faster editorial workflows
- More credible communication
- Validation of names, terminology, and key references
- Stronger narrative coherence
- Ritzau’s editorial expertise built directly into your process
- Custom language policies tailored to your organization
Note: An active paid Story Check subscription is required to sign in and use this extension. Subscriptions are sold by Ritzau, not Google. No purchases are made through the Chrome Web Store. Story Check works on regular text input fields, textareas, as well as various WYSIWYG editors for various CMS systems. If you are interested in more info, get in touch here: ritzau@ritzau.dk.
Story Check – beyond spelling. Professional language quality integrated into your everyday writing and publishing environments.
Release notes:
Version 26.8.25:
- Introduction of disallowed word scan in browser extension
Version 26.8.10:
- Updated button for "fast" and "thorough" option.
- Updated UI for configuration popup
Version 26.7.9:
- Bugfix for editors with pure text (non-HTML)
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
Version 26.6.16:
- First public version of Story Check in Chrome Store
Version 26.6.01:
- Prototype version for testing
Version 26.5.29:
- Prototype version for testing
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