Spell checking when working online.
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Non-word error test
- Why? assess the accuracy of spell checkers and particularly how close to the top of a suggestion list the target word occurs.
- Used database and tests from James & Draffan (2005) of errors made by dyslexic adults and children in free writing and spelling tests
- Random sample of 96 errors, includes duplicate errors for the same target word
- Random sample of 30 miss-spelling for 30 words from publically available sub-section of the James & Draffan database.