Ghotit’s Microsoft Word Spell Checker Add-On
Intelligent Contextual Spell Checker
Ghotit offers a unique context spell checker. Ordinary
spell checkers do not take into account the context of the sentence the
word is being used. The context of a sentence can be leveraged to
assist in the following:
Severe Spelling Error Correction
In the world of spell checking, the degree of how badly a word is misspelled is measured by the editing distance of the misspelled word to the intended word. The tradeoff is as follows: the longer the editing distance, the longer the list of candidate words that will be offered. Since ordinary spell checkers cannot properly grade the long list of alternatives, this long list is seen as adding “noise” to the spell checking algorithm. Ordinary spell checkers are tuned for people with mild spelling and typing mistakes, and therefore prefer to offer a relatively short editing distance in order to minimize the list of candidate words.
Here context spell checking algorithms come to play. Once an effective context spell checking is introduced, a larger editing distance can be introduced, since the spell checker can leverage the context of the sentence to optimize the suggested word list and remove the unwanted, out-of-context words.
Ghotit has developed an innovative context spell checker which is optimized for people with bad spelling. Ghotit can leverage its context spelling engine to produce an internal long list of candidate words by defining a long editing distance, but then reduce this list and present to the user only the words that make sense in the context of the specific written sentence. High performance techniques were introduced in order to ensure that Ghotit’s context sensitive analysis does not affect user experience and does not introduce spell checking result delays.
Misused, Confused Word Correction
Ordinary spell checkers either do not or provide very limited identification of misused words. If a spell checker does not have or has very simplistic context spellchecking algorithms, then it simply can not identify misused words. Without appropriate context knowledge, the spell checker does not have any information to provide for a misused word, and will leave such words as unmarked. In such situations, the writer will not even know that he has errors in his writing.
Ghotit context spell checking algorithms have been targeted to effectively identify misused words. A word that is spelled correctly, but has been identified as a misused word according to the words’ sentence, will be marked as such, with a candidate list of words based on the exact context of the word.
Grammar Checker
Ghotit performs grammar corrections.The corrections are performed using both grammar rules definitions and contextual spell checking algorithms that analyze the correct grammatical intention of the sentence based on the context of the sentence.
Split & Merge Words Correction
Many times users accidentally or not knowingly split words (e.g. “birth day” instead of “birthday”) or merge words (“one day” instead of “one day”). Ghotit detects these errors as makes the appropriate suggestions.
Self Learning Algorithms
Ghotit is the only spell checker that actually learns from the input the user enters.This patent-pending technology, enables a user to run the Ghotit spell checker, and after the user provides some inputs the user may request to re-run the Ghotit spell checker to receive more optimized results.
Integrated Text to Speech
Ghotit’s main objective is to enable bad spellers to write with confidence. Using Ghotit’s integrated Text-To-Speech features, users can have their written text read out loud to them. The users can then act as their own gatekeepers to ensure that what they have written is exactly what they intended to communicate. Ghotit has integrated the Text-To-Speech feature to different options of the Ghotit spell checker, including:
- Written Text
- Marked Word that is Misspelled or Suspected as Misused
- Suggested Word List and/or the Meanings of Each Word
The Text-to-Speech feature is part of the Ghotit plug-in installation. No external installation is required.
Integrated Dictionary
If you are a really bad speller then you usually have not only problems in writing but also in identifying a correct word from a list of words. Ordinary spell checkers offer you a list of candidate words. But if you are a bad speller, then you do not know for sure which word is the correct one. You need assistance in selecting the correct word. In order to overcome this hurdle, Ghotit has integrated its context spelling services with a dictionary, providing for each suggested word its meaning/s. This additional information provides the effective information for a bad speller to select the correct word from the suggested words list.
Personal Dictionary
Ghotit enables each user to manage his own personal dictionary, extending and personalizing Ghotit’s out-of-the-box dictionary.
User Friendly Interface
Ghotit has just released again the Word Microsoft Plug-in. This user interface has been re-designed based on direct input from Ghotit users received during the past two years. The interface tries to balance the ease of use on the one hand, while offering the full set of Ghotit intelligent services. The interface takes into account special graphical needs of the visually impaired, offering each user the ability to personalize his Ghotit display settings.
