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- From: eystein@smyril.fi.uib.no (Eystein Dugstad)
- Subject: Re: Foreign language dictionaries?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.151503.20075@alf.uib.no>
- Sender: usenet@alf.uib.no (Bergen University Newsaccount)
- Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
- References: <1992Sep2.001153.392@expovision.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 15:15:03 GMT
- Lines: 57
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- In article <1992Sep2.001153.392@expovision.uucp> expovision!root (Andre)
- writes:
- > In article <1992Sep1.060031.592@expovision.uucp> expovision!al (Andre
- > Lalonde) writes:
- > > In article <1992Aug24.015516.1465@wam.umd.edu> pirla@wam.umd.edu (L.
- > > Anathea Brooks) writes:
- > > > Does anyone know why WordPerfect tells us in its documentation that
- we
- > > > can change languages and check the spelling in multilingual docs,
- and
- > > > then not supply the dictionaries? Are there dictionaries for WP in
- > > > Romance languages?
- > > >
- > > > rdelucca@rosemary.uucp.jhu.edu
- > >
- > > Corrections to my previous message # 537
- > > There is a French Dictionary and Spelling Checker that will ship as
- soon
- > > as release 3.0 is out. Very fast. Fully compatible with WordPerfect
- NeXT
- > > 1.0.1 and WriteNow NeXT.
- > >
- > > Dictionaries:
- > > Over 500,000 words
- > > size: 300k (uncompressed)
- > > Technology: rSg (Radical-Suffix-Grammar)
- > > Programmable temporary dictionary
- > > User Dictionary: Unlimited
- > > Version 1.1 includes Main Dictionary and Proper Name Dictionary
- > >
- > > Spelling Checker:
- > > Speed: 6,000 words per second (20 pages per second).
- > > Interface: Global list of errors
- > > Ease of use: Single correction of multiple errors
- > > Grammar: Grammatical analysis of words
- > > Conjugation: Complete functions for all verbs
- > > Accords: Correction of mistakes
- > > Access via Service Menu
- > >
- > > Blows away anything on the market on any platform as far as I know.
- > > Fully developed on the NeXT. This dictionary and spelling checker will
- > > be available on the NeXT (immediately following OS release 3.0) and
- > > will be available on the Mac and the PC shortly.
- >
- > > I am avaiting further details concerning price and source
- > > of purchase and will post my findings as soon as possible.
- > >
- > > Andre
- > > al%expovision@CAM.ORG
- > > _____________________________
-
- Is there an relatively easy way to generate dictionaries of a given
- language if you have an ascii list of words in this language. In other
- words, a tool that make a dictionary with the asciifile as input.
-
- Eystein Dugstad
- University of Bergen, Norway
-