Hi Brian, I will post them to the blind-computing website as well. Thank you for sharing these with the list.
Richard Q. Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lee" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] dictionaries and spell checkers in word Hi David, They were all free programs that I downloaded from the web. Having them on your server would make them readily available for others to download, which I think would be great! Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] dictionaries and spell checkers in word > Would you mind if I posted them on the server? If so I understand. > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > VIP Conduit Tech Support > www.vipconduit.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Lee" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:30 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] dictionaries and spell checkers in word > > > Hi Kimsan, > > There are a couple quite good medical dictionaries and spell checkers that > are free. I have uploaded a zip file to Sendspace for you to download if > you want to. The dictionaries are probably not as complete as a Stedman's > or Dorland's Medical Dictionary, but they do contain several thousands of > words and they are free. Two files in the compressed zip file are > executable files and will install the Free Medical Dictionary and the Free > Medical Spell Checker as programs on your system. The other two files are > word lists that can be added as dictionaries to Microsoft Word. They have > a > DIC extension. > > I know that you are using Vista and Word 2007 so the instructions I will > give are for those programs. However, they are not really too much > different for earlier versions of the Word program. Here is how to add > the > dictionaries to be used for spell checking in Word 2007: > > 1. When you unzip the file that you download from Sendspace you will find > two files with the DIC extension. Select them both and copy them to the > clipboard. > 2. Press Windows key and then find your user name in the start menu and > press enter key. In your case you can just press K until you hear Kimsan > and then press enter key. > 3. Press A for App Data and press enter key. > 4. Press the letter R until you hear "roaming" and press enter key. > 5. Press M until you get the "Microsoft" choice and press enter key. > 6. Press U until you get to the "UProof" folder and press enter key. > 7. Paste the two .DIC files in that folder. > 8. Close the window by using Alt+F4. > 9. Open Word 2007. > 10. Press Alt+F to depress the office button and then press I for Word > options. > 11. In the categories list arrow down a couple of times to the "proofing" > category. > 12. Tab to the "suggest from main dictionary only" checkbox and make sure > it > is not checked. If it is checked then remove the checkmark by pressing > spacebar. > 13. Tab again to the "custom dictionaries" button and press spacebar. > 14. Tab to the "add" button and press spacebar. > 15. Tab to the list of files that are in the UProof folder, use down arrow > to move to the all-Unicode.DIC file and then tab to the open button and > press spacebar. Don't do that on the custom.DIC file as it is already > being > use by Word. > 16. Repeat the steps taken in 14 and 15 above but choose > mth-medspellcheck.DIC file to open. > 17. Use shift+tab until you get to the "dictionary list" and use arrow > keys > to confirm that the "all-Unicode.DIC" and the mth-medspellcheck.DIC files > are included in the list. > 18. Tab to the OK button and press enter key. > 19. Tab to the OK button again and press spacebar. > > Now if you type the word "hepatosplenomegaly" without the quotes into > Word, > it will not be recognized as a misspelling. > > Here is the link on Sendspace for the zip file: > > http://www.sendspace.com/file/4kvscf > > > Take care. > > Brian Lee > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kimsan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 3:22 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] dictionaries and spell checkers in word > > >> Hi, >> Who could tell me how I can add medical dictionaries and other spell >> checkers into word? >> Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you >> nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
