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WU-01: Spelling & Thesarus
Cross Check
Cross Computing Incorporated
$10
#7074/1308
is a fast spelling checker an excellent interactive mode in which you can
page/scroll up and down the list of misspelled words. Options allow you to
view words in context, replace words in the file, and add words to the
dictionary.
The non-interactive mode sends a list of misspelled words to a text file.
Utilities let you convert the dictionary file to a plain text file for easy
modification and convert text files back to the dictionary file format.
Another utility makes it easy to delete files from the dictionary without
doing a conversion, and of course words can be added in the interactive mode.
CC allows a general dictionary plus additional specialized dictionaries. This
allows you to minimize the number of words that CC has to check against when
you are dealing with special types of documents. Although the general
dictionary that comes on the disk only has 16,000, we do not consider this a
serious limitation because it is easy to add lists of words. This is an
excellent program and at $10 to register, appears to be an absolute steal.
Requries ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS. (See your DOS manual.)
Legal Dictionary
#7074/1321
is a list of words peculiar to the legal profession. This is simply a list of
words in straight ASCII text - not very exciting by itself, but it could be
very useful for law offices when imported into CROSS CHECK.
A user writes: "There are no directions on how to install this program." This
is not a program. It is a LIST OF LEGAL WORDS. It is meant to be imported into
a spelling checking program.
Sharespell
Acropolis Software
$20
#7074/1786
is a stand-alone spelling checker with a 112,000+ word dictionary to which you
can add more words. It displays the text of the file it is checking as it
checks it so that you can see the context at all times. It displays a list of
possible corrections when it finds a word not in its dictionary. The program
can handle words longer than 20 characters.
Interestingly, it will display multiple words where appropriate. For example,
when we tested it on a Reviews file, it came across the program name
GRADESCAN, one of its alternative choices was GRADE SCAN -- two legitimate
words when not run together.
Unlike CROSS CHECK, ShareSpell does not support a second specialized
dictionary file nor does it allow importing word lists, but its dictionary is
several times larger than Cross Check's.
James L. Warren, La Mesa, CA: "When I try to load a .WRI file into Windows'
Write after checking it with ShareSpell, my system locks up."
PsL: ShareSpell may only be used on straight ASCII files. Write, like most word
processors, puts lots of non-text characters in files unless you save them as
Text Only. When you reload the spell-checked file, Write will (optionally)
convert it back to Write format.
Thesaur Plus
Burgess, Derrick ASP
$20
#7074/1804
is a memory resident thesaurus. By using EMS or disk swapping, it uses only
24k of DOS RAM. It contains over 50,000 words, plus the ability to add and
delete any synonym. A non-tsr version is included.
SpelChek
Floyd, Edwin
$0
#7508/3337 [2 disks]
is a high speed, batch-oriented spelling checker. It writes any words not found
in the dictionary to an output file. TP6 and TASM source code is included.
JORJ [JORJ-A, JORJ-O] 08-93 CD
Jorj Software Co.
$30
#7372/2501 [3 disks]
is a 58,000-word dictionary on a disk. It is a quick and easy way to
check the spelling or meaning of a word. You can enter a word the way it
sounds and JORJ will locate the actual spelling. Also included are
Postal state abbreviations, weights and measures, and foreign words and
phrases. A version is included that uses EMS/XMS.
DO-Spell 3.71d 08-93 CD
Kleijn, Han
$0
#27781/4009 [2 disks]
is a English and Dutch spelling checker. It comes with a 60,000-word list in
English, a 54,744-word list in Dutch, and a 3000-word list in German (this
comes to us from The Netherlands). As a 116k TSR, it can easily be used in
conjunction with any editor or word processor. It works simply by reading the
screen and highlighting words not in it the selected word list, which it does
very quickly.
English-Japanese Dictionary 1.4
Breen, Jim
$0
#20151 [2 disks]
is an English-Japanese (kana & kanji) translator. You type in the word or phrase
you need in English and the program displays the Japanese equivalent in kana
and kanji. Requires the ability to read at least hiragana and katakana.
MultiWord
Digital Crypto & Peter Moreton
$24-$95
#2908
is a thesaurus that can operate as a stand-alone or as a 28k TSR, pop-up
program. MultiWord has over 9000 main entries with over 60,000 synonyms. When
you select a word it will automatically feed it back to the program you are
using.
PopSaurus
Acropolis Software
$18
#7819/4591 [2 disks]
is a pop-up thesaurus. It can operate as a 10K TSR or stand-alone program. It
has 8,282 entry points into 70,793 words. Requires a hard disk or high density
floppy.
SpellRite
JMA Software
$32
#3778
is a spelling assistance program. It brings up a large list of words that you
can easily scroll or search through. A 31K TSR version and a non-resident
version of the program are provided. A hard disk or dual-floppy system is
required.
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