> James,
> Then, how about typing your message off-line,
> spell checking it, and then cut-n-paste the result into your e-mail.
>
> No criticism intended, just trying to be helpful.
>
> John
Being dyslexic, I find that if I can recognize when I miss spell a word,
but no actually be able to replace said word with the correct spelling.
The
off-line spelling is not actually an option in this case, if I had it, I
would
certainly be able to use it. As I said I run Linux system, which runs
on a
PC, to run the spelling checker would evolve changing the active
partition to
my other operating system via a boot menu, running it, booting back into
Linux.
This disallows cutting and pasting, and would necessitate the need to
transfer
the data via Floppy disk. Converting the CR/LF char's to the platform
standard.
This is a bit time consuming, so I really on the data redundancy of the
english
language. As you may or may not know English is about 85% redundant,
this means
that if you are presented with 15% of a sentence, you will get the
meaning. I
also rely on the fact I spell frenetically when I can't spell a word,
you have
to employ a different method of reading to the normal human method, but
it's
partially hard. I also try an use putuation to compensate for miss
spelt
words, I know you use them, but surly it's harder to read a message with
no Capital letter, full stops or comers. After all I got to Uni with my
note making.
No offence intended, I get this A LOT when I first meet people, it just
takes
a while for them to get used to my spelling. The people I feel sorry
for
were my teachers, before
I will investigate getting the spell checker working on my e-mail, I
think
it must use GNU spell, which I will have to install. ;)
--
James Carpenter
Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
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