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I got an email today from Alexander Parkhomenko, who has authored a new add-on called Instant Messenger Spellchecker. From the description, it sounds pretty cool.
Instant Messenger Spellchecker integrates with most of the popular instant messengers. It’s supposed to automatically spell check your IMs when you hit the “send” button.
It only runs on Windows, and the trial version is limited to 12 days. I haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, but wanted to pass the info on in case anyone here was interested.
If you get a chance to try it out, post a reply and let us know what you think of it.
A 12 day trial is not enough, a casual surfer may only go online once in that time. Its too restrictive from the begining, not interested.
What is the author afraid of that a longer trial period would show?
Either the product can stand on its merits or it cant. I’m not prepared to check a product the author is trying to keep from view.ok..I downloaded…and give it -5 stars…wanna know why?..I downloaded and the same day I tried to use it..but guess what?…it said that my evaluation time expired…now…what do you think od that folks?:(:(
I downloaded it and tried it. It’s very fast, which is nice because I don’t want to wait for a damn spell checker to work its magic. It also had an unusual side effect. The interface “docks” itself to the bottom of your chat window, but when I closed the window, its buttons remained there, floating on my screen. So I tried to close the program, and lo-and-behold, the close button is is grayed-out and unavailable!
Thankfully it doesn’t auto-start when I boot my computer, but what the heck kind of program doesn’t let you close it??! Not good in my opinion.
I didn’t run into the expiration problem, but after running it that one time, I haven’t tried again. I agree that 12 days is not enough to really get a feel for whether you like a program. Maybe if Alexander can address these problems, he’ll have a decent little utility on his hands.
Try As-U-Type (http://www.asutype.com). It is a global instant spell checker that works with all applications, including web browsers, forums and all IM apps. The best of it is that it can correct your typos immediately and automatically as you type so you don’t need to stop typing and go back to fix the mistake yourself. Shareware, free 30-day trial, costs 30 bucks, worth have a look.
–jdThis spell checker is free.
http://www.buzzys.net/spellcheck.htmlI dunno if this is of any help. http://www.SpellCheck.net. 🙂
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