Which is the Best Spell Checker Fil Mc

Which is the Best Spell Checker? Fil Mc. Intyre Assistive Technologist

The BRITE Initiative Training and advice on inclusive education, assessment of needs and assistive technology

Which is the Best Spell Checker? • The context • Some preliminary results • A discussion

Contextual Checking • Greater accuracy? • No need to check spelling AND homophones

Preliminary results Software Used on Free Writing. Mean score out of 5 4, 50 4, 00 3, 50 3, 00 2, 50 2, 00 1, 50 1, 00 0, 50 0, 00 Verity Spell Say. So Ginger Ghotit R+W Gold Claro Word Gdrive

Dictated Paragraph On Wednesday my friend told me that he would be moving to Edinburgh in February. At first I did not believe him because lately he had been acting a little weird. I definitely didn’t want to embarrass him though so I asked whether he had sorted out any accommodation. He said there were a lot of beautiful flats particularly in the city centre. He definitely thought it was unnecessary to live right in the centre, about two or three miles out would be acceptable.

Preliminary results Software Used on Dictated Paragraph. Mean score out of 5 4, 00 3, 50 3, 00 2, 50 2, 00 1, 50 1, 00 0, 50 0, 00 Ghotit Ginger Claro Gdrive Verity Spell Word Say. So R+W Gold

Discussion What do you/your students want from spellchecking software? Should we be making spell checking easier? Do students learn through using a spell checker?