Marcin Miłkowski wrote: > Mathias Bauer pisze: >> I call it a "Proof reading tool" as the Language Tool at the same time >> does less than some well known Grammar Checkers but OTOH does also more. > > I like this term. This way it's more clear to the users what they can > expect (and they can expect it from most so-called grammar checkers, IMHO). > >> It can check text against any rules, not only Grammar, but of course it >> lacks the more sophisticated abilities of specialized Grammar Checkers >> that have been in development for many years. > > It depends on the language you're talking about. The only commercial > grammar checker for Polish has 7 general rules, whereas LanguageTool has > currently about 700, including 6 of those general ones. (The number of > rules is of course only a rough way of comparing proof reading tools but > it's hard to evaluate without generally accessible and comprehensive > error corpora). > > Anyway, we're willing to switch to the new GC API as soon as it's available.
That's great! I think that having Language Tool integrated into background proof reading would be a big improvement. And the community aspect - being able to improve the tool without being a C++ expert and the lower barrier to entry - is also very appealing. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
