What is the best Spell Checker?
Spell checkers are brilliant, many of us use them every day and wouldn’t be without them, but the following poem, shows that sometimes we should be cautious about them.
‘Spell Checker’ Poem
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It (plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter-perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
So beware, Spell Checkers are not allways right, (or is that write) ….
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When developing a spell checker, you have to develop dedicated algorithms that can identify and correct the spelling of your target audience.
Due to the spelling complexity of people with dyslexia the regular spell checker is not really able to correct spelling of people with dyslexia.
In order to correct dyslexic spelling the spell checker developer needs to develop special algorithms and as far as I know the only spell checker that had people with dyslexia in mind when developing the spell checker is Ghotit dyslexia spell and grammar checker http://www.ghotit.com
Phonetic Dictionary for Dyslexics
Although we do have a dyslexic word speller as a book and an APP on Smartphones, it is based on American English spelling. “American Wordspeller & Phonetic Dictionary” is currently the only resource tool of its kind and beats Microsoft’s Gotit hands down. But, alas, big corporations have big money to advertise. Either way, this resource tool could use some British spelling inputs and we’re always looking for help to add to the list.
Today, Friday, April 20, we have it marked down from $4.99 to $0.99.
This wordspeller/spell checker was designed by and for dyslexics.
Is it "mettle, meddle, medal or metal"? The APP and book are designed to cross-reference words which sound or are spelled similar. As well, you may misspell a word however you like. Only requires the first 3-4 letters to locate your word. PLUS, it provides suffix/prefixes for many words.
http://www.dyslexiadictionary.com