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From: dac@runxtsa.runx.oz.au (Andrew Clayton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Spelling checkers
Message-ID: <2220@runxtsa.runx.oz.au>
Date: 31 Aug 90 18:57:43 GMT
Organization: RUNX Unix Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
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Replying to a message From: rea@AntHill.UUCP (Robert E. Anderson)

 RA> Does anybody have a good spelling checker that has a nice
 RA> front end to AmigaDOS with an mind reading option that can
 RA> be turned on to curtail the mistakes.  This is (for the most
 RA> part) a serious question.

Heck, if you find one, I want to know where you got at (and what
mind_reading electronics/psitronics you are using! [Maybe this
should be in sci.virtworld? :^)])

 RA> Does anybody have a good (usable) system to quickly check
 RA> spellings from an online dictionary, hopefully with a great
 RA> guesse Algrthm.

No.

I purchased Fleet Check, and regretted it immensely.

The program does work, in a fashion, but if you start doing
anything fancy (like using cursor keys instead of backspacing) it
gets upset.

I purchased it to try and avoid being embarrassed with my
invariably typo's.  I use Cygnus Ed Pro [great editor!], and use
it to create my missives on my A2500/20.  Using Fleetcheck, I was
able to wipe out lots of spelling errors, that I hadn't noticed I
was making.  The dictionary was pretty well alright [even though
it was American!  :-)], but needed to be educated in the jargon
of networkland.

After it 'software failured' for the third time in a night, I
refused to activate it (although it still sits there, waiting for
activation).

It doesn't seem to have been upgraded since it was first put out
in December 1987.  The guessing algorythm is worse than useless.
The 'window' oriented approach to spell checking is awful, and
there is no way to 'scroll' through a list of possibilities for
spelling a particular word - it shows eight guesses, and thats
it!

It did help to curtail my woeful spelling, but not enough to
warrant the reset that was required if I used cursor movement
keys instead of just typing and backspacing.

If you find a product that does this, please leave a message in
this newsgroup.

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  (_](_l(_  Canberra. Australia.       . . I am.