isusevm@pyr.gatech.EDU (Vernard Martin) (11/21/89)
Does anybody out there have the spelling checker for speedscript on the 64? I think it was called speedspell or something like that. I would appreciate it if someone could uuencode it and mail it to me. Or perhaps post it to the net if there is a demand. Thanks in advance. V -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vernard Martin - Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 isusevm@pyr.gatech.edu "Where there is a will, there is a way to subvert it" "Some people call people who actually see the world Cynics" -- Mike Sandler
GAJ103@PSUVM.BITNET (11/21/89)
I have some good news and som bad news about the spelling checker for speedscript. The good news is that I have the program, and have used it successfully several times. Now for the bad news... the dictionary has 2000 words! Therefore, most of the words in your document will be marked as misspelled even though they are correct, simply because they weren't found in the dictionary. The problems with posting this program are: 1) It is copyrighted by Compute! publications, and 2) The spelling corrector consists of 27 files (1 program and 26 dictionaries for A-Z). Therefore, even if the file could be posted, it would be too big, and it wouldn't be worth the effort for only 2000 words in the user dictionary. You would be better off purchasing the program from Compute! directly; they include a larger dictionary. Gordon Jenness (age: 27) [ What is the numerical relationship between ] Penn State University [ Halloween and Christmas? ] GAJ103@PSUVM.BITNET [ OCT 31 = DEC 25 ]
phess@carina.unm.edu (patrick hess) (11/22/89)
In article <9617@pyr.gatech.EDU> isusevm@pyr.gatech.edu.gatech.edu (Vernard Martin) writes: >Does anybody out there have the spelling checker for speedscript on the 64? >I think it was called speedspell or something like that. I would appreciate >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Vernard Martin - Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 >isusevm@pyr.gatech.edu "Where there is a will, there is a way to subvert it" Yeah, I think it would be nice if it were posted. I'm desperately looking for one too. Thanks, Pat
scott@max.u.washington.edu (11/22/89)
In article <89325.104938GAJ103@PSUVM.BITNET>, GAJ103@PSUVM.BITNET writes: > I have some good news and som bad news about the spelling checker for > speedscript. The good news is that I have the program, and have used it > successfully several times. Now for the bad news... the dictionary has > 2000 words! Therefore, most of the words in your document will be marked > as misspelled even though they are correct, simply because they weren't > found in the dictionary. You are forgetting one major point. The dictionary can be built-up by adding new words to the dictionary list. This feature allows you to customize your own dictionary, and also allows you to have serveral dictionary lists. Thus the size of the dictionary can be infinite. > The spelling > corrector consists of 27 files (1 program and 26 dictionaries for A-Z). > Therefore, even if the file could be posted, it would be too big, and it > wouldn't be worth the effort for only 2000 words in the user dictionary. When faced with uploading a program that consist of several related files, there are compactor programs that allows you to join several files under one file name. Such programs are Lynx, ARC/SDA, Library, and others. Of course, once you download a compacted file you first need to decompact the program to its original number of files before you can run it. Right now the most popular compacting program in use are Lynx and ARC. > You would be better off purchasing the program from Compute! directly; > they include a larger dictionary. That is true. The disk cost around $20 and is well worth it because it not only comes with spellchecker with one large dictionary list, but also comes with an assortment of programs that adds a new feature to the original SpeedScript 3.2 (which is also included) like mail merge, output previewing, full justification, etc....that was written and published in the magazine over the time after the SpeedScript publication. > Gordon Jenness (age: 27) [ What is the numerical relationship between ] Sincerely, Scott K. Stephen
scott@max.u.washington.edu (12/05/89)
In article <10813@max.u.washington.edu>, scott@max.u.washington.edu writes: >> You would be better off purchasing the program from Compute! directly; >> they include a larger dictionary. > > That is true. The disk cost around $20 and is well worth it because it > not only comes with spellchecker with one large dictionary list, but also > comes with an assortment of programs that adds a new feature to the > original SpeedScript 3.2 (which is also included) like mail merge, > output previewing, full justification, etc....that was written and > published in the magazine over the time after the SpeedScript publication. > >> Gordon Jenness (age: 27) [ What is the numerical relationship between ] > > > Sincerely, > Scott K. Stephen Uppss....I made a mistake in the price. The SpeedScript package from Compute! is not $20, but ONLY $9.95 plus $2.00 postage and handling. For a coupon of this offer look at recent issues of Compute! Gazette. And sorry for the error. Sincerely, Scott K. Stephen