How do audiences interact with technical manuals?

As with any genre of writing, the rhetorical triangle signifies that audiences, authors and writing interact with one another in some way. Not all types of writing have the same form of interaction. Because technical manuals are more about the specific product and how it is used to reach a certain goal or perform an action rather than the writing itself, the rhetorical situation for technical manuals is greatly different than other popular forms of writing.

There is significantly less interaction between technical manuals and audiences. The activity or task centered notion of technical manuals forces the reader to interact with product more than the writing. The lack of interaction and the weak ties between the audience and writing, affect how the document is viewed and understood. The writing is seen as a means to an end and is treated as a tool rather than a form of communication and expression. In a sense, the writing is ignored or overlooked as a result of the very product and people it was created for.

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