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Spell checking when working online
Children who use technology are "better writers" Zoe Kleinman, BBC News. 3 December, 2009
Working online - patterns of reading and writing
Types of spell checkers
Possible Strategies
How are the students spell checking blogs, wikis etc?
Is online word processing here?
The message from students - Keep it simple!
Performance of spell checkers varies
Performance of spell checkers varies BUT so does usability
Personalisation
So how accurate are spell checkers?
Non-word error test
Single non-word error correction accuracy
Single non-word error correction accuracy
Some checkers can also correct real word errors
Some checkers can also correct real word errors
Testing contextual spell checkers
Test 1: Controlled data
Results of controlled data
Test 2: Free writing example
Word 2007 corrected version
Google toolbar corrected version
Ginger corrected version
Conclusions
Contact Details
Useful Links
Text and Images from Slide
Useful Links
LexDis Project website:<br /> www.lexdis.org
James and Draffan (2004):
www.dyslexic.com/accuracy
Hyperlinks
http://www.lexdis.org/
http://www.dyslexic.com/accuracy
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