Questions tagged [spell-checker]
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Spell checker for Visual Studio Code for bash scripts
Is there a spell checker for VS Code for bash scripts? I've tried Code Spell Checker, but it doesn't work (even after relaunch of Visual Studio Code):
Or any ideas how to make Code Spell Checker work ...
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Analyse and simplify technical text (about software engineering)
I know there are Grammarly, LanguageTool, Hemingway editor and more choices to analyze my text for correctness and readability. But is there a more specialized program specifically for a technical ...
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Looking for a Weasel-word spell checker
Recommends using precise terminology when "weasel words" are detected.
Similar concept to the Simple Terminology checker mentioned on this site that detects jargon words. Perhaps similar to ...
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Script detecting missing articles (a, the) in an English (command line tool for Linux)
Is there some existing offline tool that can be pointed to a file with English text and will complain about missing "a" "the" within the text?
Preferably it would be
command line ...
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Corrector like grammarly or antidote for Russian
Does a website like grammarly or antidote exist but for Russian? Grammarly has the Russian language but it says me that something is not a mistake, even when I deliberately entered a mistake for ...
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Need a powerful spell checker for French please
Since 1999 we are using the commercial spell checker Cordial from Synapse. Sadly, the language-competence of Cordial is slowly getting better, but the installation and integration into our Windows and ...
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Linux command-line PDF spellchecker
I am looking for a command line tool that can spellcheck a PDF file, that can run on Linux. If possible, I would like the tool to be able to accept a custom dictionary.
I know this question already ...
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Spell checker that will work within any Windows application
I'm seeking recommendations for an English spell-checker that will work within any Windows app.
Required Features:
Compatible with Windows 7-10
Ability to spell check existing text in a window. For ...
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Gratis Windows spell check app that hooks the keyboard
Is there a gratis Windows spellcheck app that hooks the keyboard and so can be used with all all apps?
As Izzy knows :-) I am a lousy typist. My main problem is transposed characters so I really like ...
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Is there an API (or URL) to directly or indirectly check Google's spell correct?
I see this question but I am going to make mine a little different.
I really like the quality of Google Docs spell check. I have a program which outputs near misses and I test some of these near ...
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Spell and Grammar checking engine with RESTful API
If I think of automated writing support service, the following examples come to my mind:
Microsoft Word with some proprietary engine
Open Source engine from Open Office, Hunspell
Commerical online ...
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Grammar checker extension for Firefox
I'm using Mozilla Firefox, and I'm writing a lot of articles on different sites. I need an extension that will check the text I write (in English) and suggest me how to fix it if there are any grammar ...
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C++ Part-Of-Speech tagger
I am, with some friends, developing a serious game about correcting spelling mistakes.
The first version was developed in Java, but we want to start again from scratch, and we decided to use C++/Qt ...
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Simple terminology checker
I am looking for a simple tool that would check text for terminology based on a replacement list.
Example of a replacement definition:
allowed: application
disallowed: app; consider: application
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Lightweight text editor for spell check & grammar check offline in OS X
I keep using LibreOffice for just the spell & grammar check, earlier it was MS Word.
Is there an offline version for English language that is multi-platform?
Basically an app like Windows ...
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Free, portable, Windows email client with auto-correct spelling
I am almost desperate enough to use MS Outlook, but would strongly prefer something portable.
Must have
Gratis
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Support multiple email addresses
[update] auto-correct spell ...
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Check spelling as you type for macOS
I spend many days trying to find an app for macOS that would check my spelling as I type and warn me with a sound that a word was misspelled. tinySpell+ is what I use on my PC and it is great. I with ...
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Spell checking a .md file in GitHub while accessing the online .md editor
Is there an easy way to spell check markdown files in GitHub while editing them directly online using the Chrome browser? I tried a few Chrome plugins but they don't seem to recognize the markdown ...
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Command-line spell check for Windows
I'm looking for a command-line spell checker for windows. Currently, GNU ASpell absolutely is not working out for me.
Neither the installed nor portable version. They would not even create console ...
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LibreOffice dictionary and spell checking in other languages? (without Java)
Using LibreOffice (latest version) on OS X, everything in English. However I frequently work with documents in other languages (e.g. German, Dutch, French) and I would like to have spell checking for ...
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Chrome extension to disable spellcheck in a text field?
I occasionally need to write Latin in a text box in Chrome. And this always happens:
I don't really want to break out a dedicated text editor just for this, but the red lines under most words ...
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Autocorrect anywhere on Windows
I am looking for a program that runs in any program on Windows that autocorrects common misspellings (like iOS's keyboard).
I would like:
it to be free
it to automatically auto-correct (in case that ...
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Command line spellchecker for Finnish
Would you know where I could get a command line spellchecker (Windows binary if possible) that I can use in noninteractive mode for Finnish (in order to filter a list of strings that can be words or ...
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Spell- and grammar-checker for PDF documents
I am looking for a program that can spell-check a PDF document (without having to convert the PDF into another format like .docx, which I can do using Adobe Acrobate Pro). If possible, free, ...
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Spell-checker for LaTeX documents
I am looking for a program that can perform spell-checking for a LaTeX document that comprises several .tex files and one .bib.
If possible:
free
Windows 7
grammar checking too
GUI
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