ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) (10/18/89)
Does anyone know where one might go to obtain a Spanish Grammar or Spelling checker? Even a Spanish version of a word processor. Plan to use the programs for writing spanish composition papers. -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/ Piper Keairnes \/ Purdue University Computing Center \/ /\ ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu /\ General Consultant /\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
cuello@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (10/19/89)
I have used MS Word 3.02 in Spanish. It is copy protected, and comes with every- thing in Spanish (Spell checker, etc.). Back in my country (where it is being used), my father has not received any notification of upgrade availability. But we had to go to Spain to buy the Spanish version (last year). And the price was about US$200 higher than your usual mail-order... Maybe if you have MS word and you are a registered user, the mighty Microsoft Corp. might send you the spanish spell checker (at least). Maybe they are even going to release Word Finder in Spanish, who knows <|-). <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> | Federico A. CUELLO <cuello@uiuc> | "He who can, does. Research Associate/Microcomputer Consultant | He who can't, teaches." Regional Science Program/CSO Microconsulting | G. B. Shaw University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 237-I Davenport Hall - Urbana, Il. 61801 | (Economics, anyone?) | <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
jon@HP-UX.ucsd.edu (Jon Matousek) (10/19/89)
> >From article <4568@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, > by ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) > > Does anyone know where one might go to obtain a Spanish Grammar or >Spelling checker? Even a Spanish version of a word processor. > > Plan to use the programs for writing Spanish composition papers. > In addition to a Spanish dictionary, there are several other foreign and specialty dictionaries that can be purchased for Nisus. They are the following: -Spanish -French -Italian -German -US Medical -US Legal -British Medical -British Legal Each dictionary currently (10/19/89) cost $30 dollars (US). I have been told by someone who has used the French dictionary that the spelling checker will catch most words that are missing accents and offer the correctly accented word as a replacement. I have found this to be true for the Spanish dictionary as well. Paragon Concepts, Inc. licenses Proximity / Merriam-Webster Linguibase for the dictionary technology used in Nisus. The spelling checker incorporates a phonetically based algorithm that will find more appropriate and a greater number of alternatives than an algorithm that does not do phonetic matches. (Can you tell I'm a programmer yet?) In practice I have observed that the correct spelling of a word will almost always be in the top three alternate spellings. The spelling checker also flags other minor gramatical errors, like forgetting to capitalize the first word of a sentence or entering the same word twice in a row. The interface for the spelling checker is also pretty nice. When a misspelled word is found the alternate spellings are immediately fetched. In addition to the common options for handling misspelled words there are replace all and skip all buttons. And finally, command key equivalents appear as soon as you press the command (clover) modifier, allowing you to select the dialog buttons or check boxes directly from the keyboard. (Most all dialogs in Nisus have such command key equivalents for their buttons and check boxes.) If you have any questions give Paragon's tech. support a call. 619-481-1477. -jOn ===================================================================== The preceding posting, with all of its truths or otherwise, is do entirely to my mischievous undertakings and has nothing whatsoever to do with Paragon Concepts, Inc. =====================================================================