[kde-edu]: FW: kde edutainment project suggestion...

[Jason Harris]

On Sunday 11 September 2005 06:56, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> Well, at home when i question the validity of a word we look for it in the
> dictionary. What if we are playing a 1 vs 1 game via network and you
> question my word? Who decides if the word is valid?
>
Google!

Seriously, that gives me an idea.  If you search for a term at Google that is 
a dictionary word, you get a link to a dictionary website for that search 
term at the top of the page.  If it isn't a dictionary word, you don't get a 
link.  So, I think this presents us with a very simple solution to this 
issue.  KScrabble could silently search the term at Google, and parse the 
returned search HTML page for a link to the dictionary page.  If the link is 
found, the word is valid.

Not sure how easy it would be to localize; for how many languages does google 
provide this service?  Also, it would obviously only work if the network was 
available.

Jason
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