Looking past the spelling pass?

Usually one of three reasons: you need prices, dates and claims verified against a brief or price list, not just spelling; you need multi-page PDF input for brochures and catalogues; or you want a web app your whole team can open rather than a desktop install.

Everything Gard checks (spelling, grammar, punctuation on the artwork, in many languages) plus the context layer: reference comparison, cross-version consistency, and translation checks against a master. Findings should stay pinned to the artwork, like Gard’s.

LYNCE reads the same finished artwork but treats it as a claim to verify, not just text to spell-check: every price, date, offer and translation is checked against the brief, the price list and the other versions you scan with it. It runs in the browser, takes multi-page PDFs, and reports with severities and suggested fixes.

Watch folders: Gard’s desktop app can automatically scan designs the moment they’re saved to a folder. LYNCE scans are started from the web app. If save-triggered automation is your core workflow, that’s a genuine Gard strength.

In automated visual proofreading: LYNCE and other image-text checkers. In adjacent spaces: proofing platforms like Filestage or Ziflow (human review workflows with some automated checks) and ad-ops validators (file specs, not content). Which one fits depends on whether you need the errors found for you, or the review routed for you.