On Sa, 2006-07-22 at 17:01 -0400, Richard/g wrote: > Forwarding your mail to the lingucomponent list. > > At the bottom of this page are instructions for joining the list. > http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/index.html > There is also some information on how to build dictionaries. > > There are people there who can guide and assist you. > > Welcome and best regards, > Richard. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Kiswahili speller for openoffice > Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:56:52 +0300 > From: Jason Githeko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I authored the Kiswahili speller for OpenOffice some years ago > with the > help of Translate.za <http://Translate.za> I would like to > provide an > updated speller. Is there a document, tool or other resource that > explains how to turn a word list into a dictionary file or can > automate > the process? > > I would be interested to start work on other proofing tools if > there are > people or mailing lists where help is available on how to > construct the > tools. >
Well, translate.org.za still exists, and still has all the tools to build dictionaries. Not only for OpenOffice.org Myspell, but for other spell checkers as well. Any reason not to update your existing checker? It is in CVS at translate.sourceforge.net. Initial work has started for the support of complex morphology. See the dict/zu/myspell directory (Zulu as similar morphology to Swahili, as far as I can see). A python script builds an affix file that has many more prefixes than can reasonably be entered by hand. It is by no means complete, but could provide a start. Friedel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
