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From: GAJ103@PSUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: spelling checker for speedscript
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Date: 21 Nov 89 15:49:38 GMT
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I have some good news and som bad news about the spelling checker for
speedscript.  The good news is that I have the program, and have used it
successfully several times.  Now for the bad news... the dictionary has
2000 words!  Therefore, most of the words in your document will be marked
as misspelled even though they are correct, simply because they weren't
found in the dictionary.  The problems with posting this program are:
1) It is copyrighted by Compute! publications, and 2) The spelling
corrector consists of 27 files (1 program and 26 dictionaries for A-Z).
Therefore, even if the file could be posted, it would be too big, and it
wouldn't be worth the effort for only 2000 words in the user dictionary.

You would be better off purchasing the program from Compute! directly;
they include a larger dictionary.


Gordon Jenness (age: 27)   [ What is the numerical relationship between ]
Penn State University      [ Halloween and Christmas?                   ]
GAJ103@PSUVM.BITNET        [ OCT 31 = DEC 25                            ]