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From: q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
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Subject: Spell-Checker Dictionary Decrypting
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Date: 1 Dec 89 15:59:51 GMT
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Dear All,
        Is there any ** legal ** way to decrypt dictionaries from various
spell-checkers?  I am looking for a way to get a file filled with a large
number of words (50,000 - 80,000 should be quite sufficient).  I have
a feeling that various companies would not like me to just steal their
encryption/decryption method though.  I have the following dictionaries
on hand:

Sensible Speller Dictionaries 1 & 2
Time Out Quickspell Dictionary
Appleworks GS Dictionary (But I don't want the definitions)
Pinpoint Spell Checker Dictionary

All are encrypted by some method (for speed I assume).  Sensible speller
has an option to list words in the dictionary that match some sort of
input.  If you hit "=", it will give you a list of all words in the
dictionary but it will unfortunately only display it to the screen.

Does anyone suppose that any of these companies would be willing to
somehow get me a copy of an un-encrypted dictionary?  Typing in a few
thousand words does not exactly excite me.

I realize that this will take up a large amount of disk space but it should 
all fit on an 800K disk.  ( avg 8 chars/word * 80,000 words = 640,000 chars)

Any ideas?

Joel Sumner        | Bitnet: Q4KX@CORNELLA
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