I actually came to Spell Catcher by looking for an autocomplete function. OpenOffice/NeoOffice's is okay, but they only display one option rather than several, and that one is frequently not the correct one.
What I'd like is something that various mobile software developers have created. Store a frequency for each word in the dictionary, and increment it each time the user types the word. Then the word suggestion list should be sorted by frequency - the word I most likely want is now at the top! This will accelerate my typing significantly. You could also limit the suggestion list to only, say, 10 suggestions (something relevant now that the words are sorted by frequency).
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Started by Barbara, Dec 15 2005 09:05 PM
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Posted 15 December 2005 - 10:30 PM
Barbara, on Dec 15 2005, 09:05 PM, said:
I actually came to Spell Catcher by looking for an autocomplete function. OpenOffice/NeoOffice's is okay, but they only display one option rather than several, and that one is frequently not the correct one.
What I'd like is something that various mobile software developers have created. Store a frequency for each word in the dictionary, and increment it each time the user types the word. Then the word suggestion list should be sorted by frequency - the word I most likely want is now at the top! This will accelerate my typing significantly. You could also limit the suggestion list to only, say, 10 suggestions (something relevant now that the words are sorted by frequency).
What I'd like is something that various mobile software developers have created. Store a frequency for each word in the dictionary, and increment it each time the user types the word. Then the word suggestion list should be sorted by frequency - the word I most likely want is now at the top! This will accelerate my typing significantly. You could also limit the suggestion list to only, say, 10 suggestions (something relevant now that the words are sorted by frequency).
Actually, we have this feature in Spell Catcher Plus for Windows. It's just a matter of time before it makes it to the Mac version. We are aware that it would be a useful addition. Generally, new features make it into one product first, then the other (for example, there's no Internet Dictionary Server Look Up in the Windows product).
Request noted, and on the to-do list. No promises of a version or time frame, priority #1 now for the Mac product is getting a Universal (PowerPC and Intel) version out the door.
