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- From: AMINZADE%UVMVAX.BITNET@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Russell Aminzade)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: Spell Checking for Dyslexics?
- Message-ID: <26900@handicap.news>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 15:24:01 GMT
- Sender: news@bunker.shel.isc-br.com
- Reply-To: AMINZADE%UVMVAX.BITNET@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Russell Aminzade)
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- Approved: wtm@hnews.fidonet.org
- Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com
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- Index Number: 26900
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- [Note from Bill McGarry - forwarded from the WordPerfect 5.1 mailing
- list (WP51-L) by Patt Bromberger]
-
- An administrator here says she has dyslexia and finds the spell
- checker in WP51 useless. Sounds like we would need more than just
- an additional dictionary here, rather a different algorithm for
- finding misspellings. Any hints on patches or third-party products
- out there?
-