CARPENTR@SERVAX.BITNET (RALPH=CARPENTER) (12/03/89)
Joel Sumner (Q4KX@CornellA) asks: >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). Joel, Compu$erve's Apple Forum has a nice Alan Bird program CONVERT.SS which unpacks Sensible Speller's dictionaries into a text file of words separated by CR's. (There's also a separate patch program up there which turns the CR's into Spaces.) I used CONVERT.SS a few whiles back to enhance my Vax/Vms speller. I'm forwarding a Shrunk/Binscii'd copy to you directly. If anyone else would like a copy, Email me, and I'll forward copies as time permits. Ralpho _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ | Ralph Carpenter InterNet: CarpentR%SerVax.Bitnet@MITvma.MIT.EDU | | Dept. of Psychology --->Bitnet: CarpentR@SerVax SoBell: (407) 367-2616 | | Florida Atlantic U. Bitnet: Ralpho@FauVax GEnie, Delphi: Ralpho | | at Boca Raton CI$: 74015.644@compuserve.com | \_____________________________________________________________________________/ CC : SMTP@INTERBIT CC : RALPHO@FAUVAX
jerryk@pro-tcc.cts.com (Jerry E. Kindall) (12/04/89)
In-Reply-To: message from CARPENTR@SERVAX.BITNET Remember, though, if you plan to release a program which uses unpacked Sensible Speller (or other spelling checkers') dictionaries, THOSE DICTIONARIES ARE COPYRIGHTED. Most publishers of spelling checkers license their word lists from dictionary publishers, and if you plan to distribute these same word lists, you should license them too. _____ ||___|| Jerry Kindall | Internet: jerryk@pro-tcc.cts.com | o | 2612 Queensway Drive | UUCP: nosc!crash!pro-tcc!jerryk |__O__| Grove City, OH 43123-3347 | GEnie: A2.JERRY ALine: A2 Jerry