DIACRITECH TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

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Art and image processing is an essential constituent in the composition process. diacriTech has provided professional art development and end-to-end design services to global customers in the PreK-12, Higher Ed, and ELT segments for over a decade. We offer art and design solutions for various vertices, from brand logo designs, custom website designs, image optimization and vectorization, magazine design, and book layout designs.

We have a custom-built art studio that works 24x6 with a staff of different backgrounds specializing in Illustrator, Photoshop, 3DMax, ChemDraw, etc. Artists can redraw artwork and work from conceptual briefs and convert photographs into illustrations. Our creative artists conceptualize art considering the requirements of various standards on racial diversity.

Our art workflow includes an input QC (Quality Control) analysis process to identify and segregate art that needs redrawing or retouch. Art output QC analysis is independent and does technical profiling of art in order to ensure that the artwork is consistent in terms of stroke width, thickness, resolution requirements, and color space requirements. Exhaustive preflight checks are done before passing them on to page makeup.

Types of artwork done (well-customized technical, situational, and medical art)

•  Mechanical drawing
•  Medical illustrations
•  Science illustrations
•  Map drawing

•  Situational drawing
•  Infographic
•  Icons
•  Book design—covers and interiors, etc.

When developing educational content, it is important to ensure that the information is carefully aligned to the learning objectives and the corresponding standards of the curriculum framework. Content writers who are often not aware of the pedagogy of certain grade levels fail to put up the information in a grade-appropriate manner.

Also, content development usually requires an understanding of aesthetics, including research, organization of content, supporting images, and formatting. Many content developers are not aware or well-versed with the tools that can help enhance the content.

diacriTech holds a niche in delivering innovative content for a diverse range of publishers across the globe. Our team of content developers has hands-on experience in researching, developing, and creating content across disciplines to support the learning requirements of K-12, ELT, Higher Education, and STM students.

They ensure that the content is original and free of plagiarism, adheres to the client guidelines, maps to learning objectives and any other framework, is relevant to the topic, and is factually correct. Our highly skilled content developers make sure that the content is free of language and structural errors, is in a valid format, supported by relevant and appropriate graphics along with other visual representations.

People often confuse it with proofreading and copy editing, but it differs from both. Proofreading and copy-editing are detailed reviewing processes to check the accuracy of spelling, grammar, and punctuation, while a Manuscript Assessment provides professional advice or an objective opinion of your work that comes from an experienced industry professional.

diacriTech works with a team of authors and editors to make sure someone with expertise in your area reads your manuscript. The manuscripts are carefully screened for completeness at this stage to ensure their smooth movement through the peer review process without any issues. This averts additional and needless work for all the process stakeholders such as author, editor, reviewer, and journal manager at a later stage.

With MATS being a time-sensitive academic operation, diacriTech uses postgraduates in Science or Engineering having good knowledge of written English to comprehend the journal requirement quickly and ensure successful screening.

Our eLearning services include the following:

•  Storyboarding and instructional design
•  Interactive eBook creation (HTML5)
•  Videos (Animated or Photo-story)
•  Flash cards (HTML5)
•  Conventional Interactives in HTML5 (utilizing sliders/drag and drop/hotspots etc.)
•  3D modeling and animation development
•  Games and Simulation tools
•  LMS content population and migration

•  Assessment and practice test applications (Templates/Scorm packages/Test Generators)
•  Data visualizations or Infographics
•  Conversion of Flash assets to HTML5 interactivities
•  Conversion of Flash animations to videos
•  Authoring Tools for creating Interactivities
•  Podcast Production & Editing
•  App development (iOS/iPhone/android)

In 2009 diacriTech, with the acquisition of Laurel Tech, a New Hampshire-based editorial house, became a "full-service" organization. LaurelTech has been in existence since 1987 and has been well known for its editorial prowess in both K-12 and College verticals.

K-12 publishing service at diacriTech offers educational publishers a full range of editorial services for English, Math, science, and social studies. The landscape of K-12 publishing has changed due to technological innovations, and many publishers rely on diacriTech as a partner to create innovative tools and workflows to keep them ahead of the pack.

K12 Publishing Services Include:

•  Assessment
•  Copyediting Services
•  Educational Content Development
•  Curriculum Formulation

Our expert team creates interactive and engaging digital books with all the essential modern features that include text highlighting, 2D animation, 3D animations, audio narration, embedded multimedia, etc., to enhance the reading experience of young learners. With customized K12 publishing services and copyediting solutions, we aim to make learning more experiential and easier for students with better coursework, visually compelling interactive elements, and customized instructional materials.

Academic or higher education book projects demand a full-service development process. An established team at diacriTech creates academic content and converts it to XML. The team comprises of instructional designers, subject matter experts, editors, and copywriters. Right from core textbook production to supplement creation and management, diacriTech can support publishers at every stage. Textbook production is by default laborious but at diacriTech, we have renovated the whole process simply and effectively with our automated tools.

Simultaneous, digital version of the textbooks is produced cost-effectively as the system and process are handled by experts in creation. A cross-functional perspective offered by editors with extensive experience in editorial development and project managers cross-trained in editorial management, allowing us to achieve this goal.

The project management team handles services that are related to production planning, query resolution, copyediting/production editing, proofreading, indexing, permissions log creation and tracking, art or photo log creation and tracking. Workflow development is executed by our project managers. As a value-added service, we handle online learning platform publishing in any required format.

The field of Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) publishing serves a wide array of academic communities and contributes to its progress. It is also rapidly evolving to keep pace with the impact of mobile technology, the rise of open access publishing, and the shifting demand to “online-only” content. Publishers need a true partner whose services will not only evolve and change to keep with these demands but also focus on speed, ease of use, convenience, and cost. Decades of experience as a leading service provider and a proven track record of digital skills and expertise make us the preferred partner of choice.The diacriTech difference is our integrated and proactive approach to taking care of evolving publishing needs. Through our deep understanding of the industry, usage of productive tools, and technology, we provide services tailored to meet requirements of the academic and professional publishing market. Our wide range of STM publishing services is future-proof and guaranteed for all times.

They include:

•  Editorial services and project management
•  Peer review process management
•  XML based online proofing with editing and author corrections
•  XML Validation tools e.g. PMC NLM style checker
•  Delivery of eligible content to PubMed Central and High Wire Press

•  Published ahead of print (PAP) online via online host High Wire (HW)
•  New journal launches and rebrands

Highlights of our journal publishing services include

•  Streamlined XML first workflow production systems
  •  XEditPro – automated Journal Publishing suite
  •  InDesign – using InXML, proprietary InDesign automation tool
  •  3B2 (APP)
  •  LaTeX
•  Manage author correction lifecycle via an online proofing system
•  Maintain valid XML throughout the article's lifecycle
•  Support both Published ahead of print (PAP) and non-PAP publication workflow

Our services include, among others:

•  Manuscript Assessment and Technical Screening
•  Image Forensics
•  Peer review process management
•  Taxonomy Services
•  Copyediting Services
•  Typesetting Services
•  Post process
  •  Manage the publication process in online hosting platforms e.g. HighWire Express(HWX), JSTOR
  •  Deliver eligible content to PubMed Central (PMC)
•  Author Services
  •  Language Editing
  •  Translation
  •  Manuscript Formatting
  •  Video Abstracts
  •  Journal Submission
  •  Artwork
  •  Plagiarism Check
  •  Assistance with manuscript submission and peer review via online systems

diacriTech's relentless focus on quality is backed by a combination of automation and scalable production process using advanced digital capabilities (Artificial Intelligence, NLP, Customized Workflows) to accelerate publishing cycles for journals. Whether it is about launching new journals, fulfilling requests for reprints or repurposing content for mobile devices, we constantly meet the highest professional standards for scholarly journal publishing.

To transform your recorded content into a well-presented format, you can leverage:

•  diactriTech’s certified transcriptionists, proofreaders, and outstanding customer service team.
•  Specialists who are well-versed in global languages (French/Arabic/Spanish/Russian etc.) with years of industry experience.
•  Our transcriptionists are conversant in various sectors that include legal, medical, academic, and research.
•  Capacity for accurately transcribing lectures, dialogues, speeches, media audio files, subtitles, closed captions, testimonies, and interviews.
•  Ability to handle many file types such as audio, video, YouTube, webinars, podcasts
•  Rigorous Quality Assessment Process (From review and proofreading to final formatted deliverables).
•  Secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) website for use in transferring documents to and from the client.
•  Timely and accurate service delivery as per client’s standard time
•  Availability of add-on services (verbatim wording, time-coding, etc.).