KDE for dyslectic people

[Kenneth Wimer]

Hi,

Before I ask about a thousand questions can me move this to the
accesability list? It seems to fit there better, or?

Bye,
Kenneth


* Gerry Gavigan <gg at gerryg.uklinux.net> [Sep 07. 2004 22:47]:
> This issue is not dictionary related but one of natural language and 
> semiotics.   (I used to run the UK research programme in Speech and Natural 
> Language Technologies) 
> 
> Unfortunately diagnosis is much easier than a solution.
> 
> I believe that there are many public domain natural language tools out there 
> but the challenge is one of "data,data,data", dictionary corpuses are huge. 
> The searching and parsing tools are a combination of statistical and rule 
> based techniques but (used to) culminate in hand crafting.
> 
> I am not sure that the situation has changed much (refer to any grammar tool) 
> 
> It is likely that the next, best solution will arise in a KDE-style bazaar 
> rather than a proprietary cathedral - but it is a big job.
> 
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> On Tuesday 07 September 2004 12:40, Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:
> > On September 7, 2004 05:30 am, Onno Timmerman wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I don't know if this is the right spot to ask this. But maybe some KDE
> > > developer could look in the the following suggestion.
> > >
> > > I'm a dyslectic person: and that means I got diffuculties with correct
> > > spelling but also making correct sentences. However many people who
> > > correct my papers notice I always make the same flaws. Now would it be
> > > possible to make a gramer correction on basis of these returning flaws.
> > > There should be some sort of private rule book where the computer checks
> > > automaticaly specifical for the flaws a dyslectic person makes. I should
> > > be able to configure the gramer checker in to my needs.
> > > Notice, that every dyslectic person makes some specifik mistakes. He/she
> > > would then be able to fine tune the gramer correction.
> >
> > Doesn't it already exist specific dictionaries for dyslectic, as this
> > condition depends on the language? My daughter had problems in French but
> > never had any in English when we moved to England.
> > If these dictionaries don't exist the task will be hard...
> >
> > A spell-check calling that special dictionary should then be easy.
> >
> > Anne-Marie
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