Handles frequent Hebrew intonation patterns. The system was first released in July 1999, and is currently in various stages of implementation and evaluation within projects that deal with unified messaging and cellular phone Internet access. The writing system of Hebrew represents by and large the consonants, while most vowels are left out. Adult Hebrew readers usually overcome this apparent obstacle and can read fluently such unvocalized texts. However, for young children and for adullt learners of Hebrew as a second language, it is very important that all the vowels be represented in the orthography.
Hebrew orthography does have an option to represent vowels in the script.
The person who inserts this Nikud, up to now, a highly skilled individual who is an expert in Hebrew grammar, is called the Nakdan. The particular difficulties that Hebrew presents from the point of view of computerized manipulation of texts stem from the structure of the language, that very synthetic, i.e. integrates several semantic components into a single word by means of prefixes, affixes and infixes, and also from the orthography, that is basically consonantal, but accommodates several styles, with or without partial vocalic representations. These factors dramatically raise the total number of words or strings that are legitimate in Hebrew texts. Spelling check 2. Textual information retrieval 3.