Zero Click Spellchecker

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Have you fallen into a typical routine when you're writing -- one that involves saving your document, hitting spellcheck, then tediously going through each flagged misspelling, from one end of the document to the other? Why not implement a solution that automatically corrects while you type, a solution by the name of Zero Click Spellchecker!

Zero Click Spellchecker works with almost any program that you can throw at it, including email, internet browsers, text editors, and word processors, automatically detecting and correctly misspelled words as you type! Designed to work better than any integrated auto-correction program, Zero Click Spellchecker will boost your productivity and efficiency like never before.

Even as Zero Click Spellchecker works to make sure you never break your stride, you can keep track of each correction, thanks to an unobtrusive window that pops up in the corner letting you know that a correction has been made. While this info window automatically disappears after a few moments, you'll always have the ability to switch it off completely. It's up to you!

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John H What is there to prevent the "Wong word with correct spelling" problem during automatic correction?

I wish Win 7 Word Pad came with built in spell check.

Oct 12 2011 at 11:27am

SoftCollector Dear Developer,

1. What is the English spell checker based on (as a body of linguistic data)? How many words are included in the dictionary?

2. Are there any known incompatibilites with software like PhraseExpress, which also have (although limited) such functions?

Kind Regards,
SC

Oct 12 2011 at 2:23pm

Thomas Holz Hi John H, Hi SoftCollector! Thanks for your feedback.

@John H:
If a word is spelled correctly, then the application doesn't do anything. Since the program works completely automatic (WITHOUT any underlining or context menus), it would be too risky to change correctly spelled words.

@SoftCollector:
1. The software uses the commercial PolarSpell component and (if you agree to the license conditions) the OpenSource hunspell dictionaries. There a no number of words available for either. Both use algorithms for variations (like -ly) and joined words, so it's probably difficult to calculate a number. But both know a LOT.

2. We fixed that some versions ago. Zero Click Spellchecker now detects if PhraseExpress (or a similar program) enters texts and doesn't interfere (to avoid conflicts).

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 13 2011 at 12:27am

SoftCollector @ Thomas Holz

Dear Thomas,

1. I am a professional translator, so that is the reason why I needed to know if the spell-check is powerful enough to be used professionally. Usually, the judgement for that can be based on the number of words (and forms) included. I am more specifically interested in the English spell-check.

2. I have Phrase Express installed and the two do not get along too well, but it is not your software's fault. I have sets of characters, expanding into phrases by PhE, which unfortunately ZSC treats as typos, corrects them and PhE does not recognize them anymore. I can see that there is a way to set exceptions in your software, so maybe that would be a solution?

3. Any chance of including Bulgarian in the future? I can send you the address of the software vendor who currently procuces the best and only spellchecker with Bulgarian. It would be nice to see that included.

Kind Regards,
SC

Oct 13 2011 at 7:51am

Thomas Holz Hi SoftCollector,

1. Sorry, I really don't have the numbers. But AFAIK the hunspell dictionaries are the same ones that OpenOffices uses.

2. Yes, you can add your own works to the program's database. The program will then ignore these works. So adding your PhraseExpress shortcuts should work.

3. Sorry, no. I already have 2 spell checker engines in the program. Don't want to add a third one.

Regards,

Thomas Holz

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 13 2011 at 8:02am

SoftCollector @ Thomas Holz

The strange thing is that ZCS autocorrects my text in Bulgarian (a Cyrillic language, unicode). I am not sure why it does that, and what language it is using as base, but corrections in this case are incorrect. :)

Kind Regards,
SC

Oct 13 2011 at 8:23am

Thomas Holz Hi SoftCollector,

sorry, but since Bulgarian isn't supported, the program can't detect this language. And thus can't ignore it. You can only disable ZCS, when you type in Bulgarian. (You can define a hotkey for that.)

Regards,

Thomas Holz

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 13 2011 at 8:48am

SoftCollector @ Thomas Holz

I find the English correcting feature quite helpful, but the incorrect editing of Bulgarian is a show stopper for me at this point. I can see that ZCS does not support any unicode languages at this point, which would probably make it comparatively easy to set up a recognition of such languages, so that no autocorrection is offered for them?

Can this feature be implemented in the foreseeable future?

Kind regards,
SC

Oct 13 2011 at 11:36am

Thomas Holz Sorry, no, we're not going to support the Bulgarian language.

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 13 2011 at 11:54am

MK Undo with the key "Entf".
That's the Delete key?

Oct 14 2011 at 1:37am

Thomas Holz Hi MK!

Right, "Entf" is the German version of "Del". Where did you see it? I just checked the English version, but couldn't find where we might have missed it in the translation...

Thanks,

Thomas Holz

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 14 2011 at 1:57am

MK It pops up in the window on the system tray when you mis-spell something.
I'm using the English version (1.05 Trial).

Oct 14 2011 at 2:03am

Thomas Holz Hi MK,

thanks. I found+fixed the problem. We'll publish an update soon. Did I mention that you get 1 year of free updates with the purchase?

Regards,

Thomas Holz

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 14 2011 at 2:18am

Pedro Laurent Nice application I try the trial version and I like it but it does the same thing as another software that I owned call Asutype and I don't have to pay for upgrades, so for the price Zero Click Spellchecker it is now is a good catch.

Oct 14 2011 at 8:43am

Peter Dr Hi Thomas Holz:

Like Pedro, I have also used AsUtype, but it runs into conflict with another program that I use: ActiveWords. Apparently this is because both programs use the keystorke buffer (or something like that), so I cannot use them both at the same time. As Active Words is a program that I depend on heavily, I have to leave AsUtype off to the side, and do my own spell-checking. :(

You have mentioned above that Zero Click Spellchecher does not conflict with Phrase Express. Will it also work harmoniously with Active Words? (http://www.activewords.com/)

Thank you for your time and interest.

Peter

Oct 14 2011 at 9:19am

Thomas Holz Hi Peter,

I just tested that. And, sorry, it doesn't seem to work. AW prevents ZCS from correcting words. Don't know why/how, but I doubt that ZCS can do anything to fix that.

Sorry.

(But: You can use ZCS to insert custom replacements, too. That as meant for corrections, but you can use it for shortcuts, too. Like "br->Best Regards")

Thomas

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 14 2011 at 10:53am

Frank Stephens I didn't see anything on the website about ignoring passwords, that would be a deal-breaker. BTW, IE10 is going to include Microsoft's spelling-correction abilities.

Oct 15 2011 at 12:06am

Thomas Holz Hi Frank,

yes, ZCS does ignore passwords. You can see in the screenshot (on this page) that there is a "Don't correct" tab. It contains the cases where the program ignores errors. Passwords are one these cases.

Regarding IE: Yes other browsers already do that. But they only underline. You have to stop typing, move the mouse, right-click, read the alternatives, etc. ZCS is all about auto-correction.

Regards,

Thomas

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 15 2011 at 12:50am

Joe Doe Hi

What languages do you support?

Oct 15 2011 at 3:50am

Michael K This is my result of trying the trial version of ZCS:

Thhis sentunce was typed ento Outlook 2010 anndd oonnly thhe worrdd TYPED was currected.

The following words wer typed into wordpad and allaccepted without change: (note the error in " wer" was also not corrected - It of course should read "were"and note the lack of a space between ALL & ACCEPTED which also passed the spell check ) )

Thhis sentunce ento anndd oonnly thhe worrdd currected.
sentunce oonnly worrdd currected.

Try typing the prior text using the ZCS trial version yourself and see if you get a diffent result. (note: diffent was also not picked up).

Funnily enough all the errors have sent the Bits Du Jour spell check nuts as I type this post but of course ZCS is watching as I type this post too and the only thing it tried to change was turning Bits Du Jour in to Bits Du Jour - Try typing Bits Du Jour yourself and see what happens..... Fancy a name change to Bits Du Hour ?

I'll pass on this ofer thanks (I do know how to spell offer by the way but it seems ZCS doesn't)

Thanks

Michael

Oct 15 2011 at 4:26am

Frank Stephens Michael K, if true, that's very bad. I've tried tinySpell in the past (it's still under development) and didn't like the on-the-fly interactive correction. Until IE10 comes out, I'm using the Google Toolbar to do spell-checking in IE9, but Google Toolbar's dictionary is limited (I don't understand why if it thinks a word is incorrect, it doesn't check with Google online first, as Google has excellent spell-checking). For other applications, I simply copy the text, Thornsoft ClipMate has very good spell-checking, generally better than the Google Toolbar but less convenient. ClipMate caught all of your (intentional) errors.

Oct 15 2011 at 6:16am

Michael K Frank, I'm testing asutype and so far so good. I'll report back on it in the forum.

Thanks

Michael

Oct 15 2011 at 7:51am

Patrick J. Unfortunately there is no german dictionary for Asutype.

Oct 15 2011 at 7:52am

Thomas Holz Hi Joe Doe,

ZCs supports English, German, French, Dutch and Italian.

Regards,

Thomas Holz

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 15 2011 at 8:38am

Thomas Holz Hi Michael K,

please keep in mind that ZCS is not a spellchecker which shows you a list of alternatives. It works automatically and it's thus vital to avoid false corrections. Therefore the program was limited to the "probable" mistakes. Like typing one character twice. That's why a word like "anndd" isn't corrected. You just get a notification that it wasn't recognized.

Regards,

Thomas Holz

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 15 2011 at 9:58am

Thomas Holz Hi Joe Doe,

sorry, I forgot to mention: Spanish.

Regards,

Thomas Holz

IT-Services Thomas Holz Vendor - Oct 15 2011 at 9:59am

Michael K Hi Thomas,

I don't recall seeing any such notifications as you mention or any highlighting of the words in my prior post. I have now uninstalled the trial so I can't check anything further.

Others, who have installed the trial version can check everything to their hearts content but it's not what I was expecting or hoping for.

I would also mention that in my humble opinion, your trial contains to many constant nag reminders that it's the trial version.

Thanks,

Michael

Oct 15 2011 at 10:17am

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