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(Found via blogger Jennifer Fulwiler at Conversion Diary.)

ToneCheck Beta by Lymbix is for real, though if it performs as described, it sounds like something you might dream up but only be able to wish would exist. Or maybe even like something from the Onion or an old SNL spoof commercial.

“ToneCheck™ is an e-mail plug-in that flags sentences with words or phrases that may convey unintended emotion or tone, then helps you re-write them. Just like Spell Check… but for Tone.” Or more to the point, “ToneCheck™ helps people to communicate more effectively and quite frankly, prevents your employees from saying stupid things,” says the company on its Enterprise page.

The site offers a free download, although the Enterprise page refers to “volume pricing”; you may have to wade deeper into the user agreement than I have or ask someone at the company to determine whether you may use the free download for business purposes. We won’t be testing it at this time, because unfortunately, it’s currently available only for Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, and 2010. The site allows you to submit a request for notification when it is developed for Outlook Express, Apple Mail, Gmail, or Thunderbird.