160. Technical writing news roundup July 2025

In this special episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we're doing something a little different - a curated roundup of recent news, tools, research, and resources especially relevant to technical communicators. 🔔 Highlights & Topics Covered: 🆕 TechSmith Launches Camtasia Online 🛠 Vale Linter Introduces “Views” Feature 📄 Netflix’s Documentation Approach We review “Documentation that Developers Actually Read: The Netflix Approach” by Pratjem Naik. ♿ Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Card Deck Johannes Lehner’s printable & digital card deck for WCAG 2.2 helps with accessibility workshops and planning. 🤖 The Impact of Generative AI on Work Tasks Stanford & World Bank research shows how AI dramatically reduces time needed for tasks like repair and installation. 🔗 Microsoft Learn Docs & MCP (Model Context Protocol) New tool allows GitHub Copilot and other AI tools to retrieve contextually accurate, real-time Microsoft documentation. 📹 Includes highlights from Peter de Bruyne’s YouTube demo 📊 Google Adds AI-Powered Features to Google Sheets Google Sheets now supports Gemini-powered prompts to analyse and generate personalised content based on spreadsheet data. We'll also publish a transcript of this podcast on the Cherryleaf blog. About Cherryleaf Cherryleaf is a technical writing services and training company.  Cherryleaf Cherryleaf Newsletter