Sue

With Ginger in the mix, you get:

• Automatic correction of entire sentences
Ginger automatically replaces incorrect words with accurate alternatives. Other spell checkers require users to review each individual error and manually select an alternative.

• Correction of unusual spelling mistakes
With a single click, Ginger automatically corrects unusual spelling mistakes at a level unmatched by other spell checkers. For example: “phisik is my faverd sudgekt” is automatically changed to “physics is my favorite subject“.

• Correction of misused words
Ginger identifies and automatically corrects misused words that other spell checkers do not pick up. For example, “Which which is which” is automatically corrected to “Which witch is which”.

• Accurate results that make your point
Ginger’s unique technology corrects words by analyzing their context. Other spell checkers perform limited, if any, contextual analysis. Ginger makes accurate word replacements by taking your intention into account.

• Successful Beta trials
Ginger is used by schools, universities and dyslexia organizations in the US and the UK.

Ginger Software’s beta version is available for download FREE OF CHARGE at: http://www.gingersoftware.com/registration.htm
Sincerely,

The Ginger Team

http://www.gingersoftware.com

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Free, open source screen reader, runjs self-voiced on a USB stick, and easily installed

Ghotit received great bloggers users report:

Bloggers:

http://blog.buzvia.com/site-review-ghotit-co-spell-checker-service

http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2008/02/ghotit.html

Users comments:
- My god I have been look for this for all-my life, help that understands me. I write with a dictionary and thesaurus and some times cant even find the word looking for. I could not hold back the tears from the emotion then when I worked out how helpful this spellchecker will be for me.

- i really like it and i’m so glad i found it!! it will really help with my homework etc and my teachers wont get angry at me annymore!!

- Thank you for contacting us with your product. I tinkered with the spell checker for sometime this morning, entering common mistakes that our dyslexic students (and ADD) students make in spelling. I must say that I am extremely impressed with your product and would certainly like to further evaluate it with our students over the next several weeks.

- that spell checker is SO good, its actually waaay better than microsoft because it tells you the reasen why you are usuing the correct word. i really like it, its really good!!

Many thanks, Louise

One example:
If you have a piece of text that you regularly need to keep inserting into documents that you write, you can write a macro and name it. Perhaps it is your contact details, you could name it ‘My Details’ and then rather than dictating it in full every time, you will be able to say ‘My Details’ and the programme will insert your specified contact details.

Another example is:
Your employer has it’s own database that you are finding hard to access with the normal commands in the voice activated software package, with a macro you can write specific commands to ensure that the software can work effectively with the database. It is like writing a new set of instructions that will let the software know what you want it to do.

This software is very good for people with dyslexia because you dictate and the software is already programmed to spell words properly. This dramatically reduces errors in documents. The only real errors are some grammatical errors like spelling ‘died’ instead of ‘dyed’ ‘read’ instead of ‘reed’, ‘there’ instead of ‘their’. The software chooses the most used word if it unsure. With training most of this can be stopped.

The software is very user friendly nowadays but still needs some time spent on it to ensure you can train it effectively to do what you need it to do. There is still some commitment needed from the user to ensure you continue to improve its accuracy.

Predictive Text software is good for individuals with Dyslexia as it learns how a person puts their documents together and offers prompts for spelling and grammatical improvements. I will look into this software in more detail in the near future.

I hope this help you – if you need more help visit our website:
http://www.enablingwork.co.uk or email us: info@enablingwork.co.uk

Thanks

Sue Berry