On 10/01/2008 11:39 AM, H.S. wrote: > James wrote: >> On Wed, October 1, 2008 1:11 pm, H.S. wrote: >> >>> 6. This is more general. A grammar checker is really needed. It goes a >>> long way in catching silly mistakes. The LanguageTool doesn't really cut >> it for this purpose in its present shape and form. >> >> What is wrong with it? > > 1. To begin with, It misses some common grammar mistakes which it shouldn't. > > 2. The GUI interface could be much better. Best would be to see > grammatical mistakes as you type (similar to spelling errors, with a > preference to turn this on or off). > > These two problems were enough for me to decide that the grammar checker > was not there yet. Although I know it is being worked on, but I haven't > followed it up to see where it is now. If you happen to have updated > information, please feel free to share. > > Regarding the first, IIRC, I could get somewhat better results with > queequeg (http://queequeg.sourceforge.net/index-e.html) combined with > diction. > > Wonder how LanguageTool's development is tied with OOo's. > > Regards.
You might find these of interest: http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/grammar.html http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Grammar_Checking http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/languagetool http://www.languagetool.org/ <quote> Download for OpenOffice.org 3.0 (rc3 or later only): LanguageTool 0.9.4 (for OpenOffice.org 3.0), 10 MB, requires external link to JavaJava 5.0 or later. NOTE: this version currently only works with OpenOffice.org 3.0rc3 or later Download for OpenOffice.org 2.x: LanguageTool 0.9.2 (for OpenOffice.org 2.x), 9 MB, requires external link to JavaJava 5.0 or later -- NOTE: this version doesn't work with OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta </quote> In that OOo is an opensource project, you can participage in testing & improving by joining the project & mailing lists: http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/ http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
