Dear All,
You must be knowing but still worth sharing. This works pretty well for Marathi
language....
Only thing, we need to add some words like "विकिपीडिया" in the dictionary....
:)
With Regards,
Mandar V. Kulkarni
http://mr.wikipedia.org
http://mr.wikisource.org
http://live.wikimedia.in
----- Forwarded Message -----
>From: Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]>
>To: Wikimedia India Community list <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sunday, 18 March 2012, 1:35
>Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] An easy way to improve the spelling and grammar in
>the Wikipedia in your language
>
>Hello, Wikipedians in India,
>
>This just struck me: There's a very easy way to contribute to the
>Wikipedia in your language and to your language in general, and a lot
>of people are probably not aware of it.
>
>Here it is: Modern web browsers like Firefox and Google Chrome allow
>you to check the spelling while you type. An important thing that a
>lot of people don't realize is that it works not just in English, but
>in many other languages, too.
>
>If you use Firefox on Windows, go to this page:
>https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/
>
>Find the spelling dictionary for your language in the list. Most major
>languages of India already appear there. Some important languages,
>like Kannada and Telugu are not there yet; i'm working on getting them
>there.
>
>To make it work:
>
>1. Click "Install Dictionary" and follow the instructions.
>2. Restart Firefox.
>3. Open some article in the Wikipedia in your language for editing.
>4. Right-click in the editing area.
>5. Make sure that "Check spelling" is checked.
>6. Right-click again. Go to "Languages" and make sure that your
>language is checked.
>
>Now check: Does the spell checking work as you would expect?
>Does it mark incorrect words in red?
>If you right-click words in red, does it offer sensible corrections?
>
>If all works well, you'll be able to easily fix spelling and grammar
>errors in the Wikipedia in your language. It is an easy way to
>contribute to the Wikipedia in your language, because usually you can
>improve the spelling of articles even without knowing much about the
>subject of the article.
>
>It is also possible that the dictionary is buggy or has missing words
>and marks correct words in red. If this happens, please write to me
>and i'll do my best to report these words to the maintainer of the
>dictionary, so that in the next version of the dictionary they will be
>checked correctly. (Let me say this again: Please feel free to write
>to me about technical problems in support for your language. I don't
>know any Indic language well, but i'm sure that i'll be able to help
>nevertheless.)
>
>If you don't use Firefox, you should try it:
>http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
>(There's a good chance that there's a version in your language!)
>
>If you use Firefox on Linux or Mac, a spelling dictionary for your
>language is supposed to be already installed if you installed a
>language pack for your language in the operating system. If you are
>not sure how to do it or if it doesn't work as you expect, please
>write to me.
>
>Spell checking is supposed to work in Google Chrome, too, but it
>supports less languages and i also found some bugs in its spelling
>functionality. You are still welcome to try it: go to Preferences
>(wrench) -> Under the hood -> Languages and Spell-checker settings,
>and then add your language.
>
>I might be wrong, but i don't think that you can install custom
>spelling dictionaries in Microsoft Internet Explorer. If i'm wrong,
>please correct me; if i'm right, then well, that's another reason to
>try Firefox or Chrome :)
>
>--
>Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
>http://aharoni.wordpress.com
>“We're living in pieces,
>I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
>
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