🚀 go-pugleaf

geoff@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Geoff Kuenning) writes:

> That means that ispell would have to be rewritten from the ground up
> (something I've thought about, but not had time to do) to handle
> these languages.

There is a project for creating an open-source spell-checker for
Finnish.  The rough idea is to have a subroutine that in effect parses
the words so that the base forms are deduced, with help from the
dictionary.  Rumour has it that we have an algorithm - I haven't read
it since the local library has apparently misplaced the relevant PhD
thesis.  The algorithm, BTW, is not specific to Finnish, so the spell
checker being created might be useful for other languages, too.

The project mailing list has been quiet for some time.  This can mean
two things:

  1 Nobody's working on it, or
  2 People are busy with the problem.

The list rules state that no hype for things one intends to do is
allowed, so case 2 is as probable as 1 :-) People who have serious
interest in the projcet may contact the project eg by emailing me -
I'll give you the list address if need be. [1]



	Antti-Juhani

[1] I wont post the address, because I want to minimize the probability
    of getting crank mail and spam to the list.
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