Spell checking when working online.

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