How do I get my spell check to have an actual intelligent vocabulary? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Beamin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2017, 05:48:45 pm
content: Mainly the spell check used in my browser? Does IE and firefox use different dictionaries? I remember way back in the day I could import the Stedman's medical dictionary into MSWord which made writing papers 100 times easier since every other word wasn't underlined in red. The spell check has a vocabulary I had when I was about 10. If I can't spell it it's usually a an uncommon word and all the more reason to spell check it. I also noticed the spell check seems better and more MS word like in IE and is really the only reason why I use on certain sites. Its like the spell check is following the trend of dumbing down Americaand I want no part of it. The easiest time to get ahead is when the people around you lower the bar to fit the lowest common denominator. I say we shouldn't have to work down they need to catch up. That's how learning works; if you don't understand something that's your cue to read about it not say "too hard. Can't." My computer is supposed t infinitely smarter then me.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2017, 06:02:15 pm
content: Firefox: Tools, Add-ons, Dictionaries. Simples!

author: Beamin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2017, 06:08:58 pm
content: Quote from: Cerebus on September 09, 2017, 06:02:15 pmOk then where do I find this dictionary? Are there radio buttons or a slider bar that increases the intelligence and size of it?

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2017, 11:41:16 pm
content: Quote from: Beamin on September 09, 2017, 06:08:58 pmFollow the menus outlined, select one of the many dictionaries available, install it, type a few awkward words and decide it if fits your criteria for 'intelligent'. If it does keep it, if it doesn't delete it and try the next one that looks hopeful. As this apparently needs explaining, perhaps you are being a little over optimistic as to quite how advanced a dictionary you require.

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2017, 11:52:04 pm
content: Quote from: Cerebus on September 09, 2017, 11:41:16 pmOuch! The *burn* . . .

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2017, 12:02:38 am
content: Do mean a context sensitive spell checker? One which tries to guess the correct spelling, based on how it's used? I'm not aware of any that exist for a web browser.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2017, 12:48:32 am
content: Quote from: Ian.M on September 09, 2017, 11:52:04 pmWell, if one is snarky when someone's trying to be helpful I think it's only fair that one should expect snark multiplied back.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2017, 12:59:00 am
content: The feature I find most useful in Word is the "add to dictionary" option. Most words that get a red underline are not standard English words and so will not be in a standard dictionary. I am not sure how to have this option in browsers?

author: Beamin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2017, 01:52:16 am
content: Quote from: Cerebus on September 09, 2017, 11:41:16 pmI'm actually quite a cunning at linguistics. Spelling not so much. I was taught by my grand father at quite a young age who received an honorary degree in engish at the University of mass at Amherst. Often when I speak or type I have to cater down to the lowest common denominator so that my target audience can fathom it. In high school they would always think I was plagiarizing. just because you don't know some obtuse aspect of computing doesn't mean you are lacking intellect across the board.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2017, 02:22:09 am
content: Quote from: Beamin on September 10, 2017, 01:52:16 amYou have a superfluous "a" there.QuoteGrandfather is one word. "English" should be capitalized.Quote"Cater to", not "cater down to".Quote"Obscureaspect of computing." Obtuse means dumb, stupid, slow-witted.

author: Assafl
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2017, 09:05:33 am
content: Quote from: IanB on September 10, 2017, 02:22:09 amLOL. Such youthful exuberance shredded by the thoughtful application of mock insouciance. (Which makes IanB either a great high school teacher or the best interviewer for his team).BTW - Obtuse can also be blunt. As in an obtuse angle.And it seems to be used more and more in the context of being dull (or boring).

author: Beamin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2017, 08:37:50 pm
content: Quote from: IanB on September 10, 2017, 02:22:09 amI knew someone was going to pick apart that response. I put some errors in but you also found some that I didn't mean to. I'm not going to pretend to say "Yeah, well I meant to put those in", because unlike some people on this board I can admit when I'm wrong. Who needs "grammely.com" when you have the internet to pick apart everything you post?