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About ALECSO Spell Checker

This project aims at developing an open-source Arabic Spelling Checker to be available on the Web for helping users with correcting errors that might occur when writing Arabic texts.

Software functionality

  • Detecting the written word state: correct or wrong
  • Suggesting the possible correct alternatives of a misspelled word
  • Allowing the user to choose the suitable correct alternative



Installation

  • How to install it in Gnu/Linux
  • How to install it in Windows(Tm)

A- How to install it in Gnu/Linux

  • For OpenOffice.org:

    a. Manual installation using .dic and .aff files:
    1. Install any spellchecker for any language for OOo;
2. Close Openoffice.org's quickstarter if it is activate;
3. Copy the two files ar.dic & ar.aff to /usr/share/myspell/dicts/
     cp ar.dic /usr/share/myspell/dicts/
     cp ar.aff /usr/share/myspell/dicts/
4. Edit etc/openoffice/dictionary.lst to add:
       DICT ar TN ar
5. From Tools -> options -> parameters linguistic: linguistic, Edit openoffice.org hunspell spellchecker and choose the languge arabic (tunis) [it must have the "ABC" flag].
    b. Auto installation using .oxt file:
    1. From (Tools -> Extesion Manager -> Add..) locate .oxt file and installation shuold be started.
2. Restart Openoffice.org applications if necessary (includeing quickstarter if it is activate).

B- How to install it in Window(Tm)

  • For OpenOffice.org:

    a. Manual installation using .dic and .aff files:
    1. Install any spellchecker for any language for OOo;
2. Close Openoffice.org's quickstarter if it is activate;
3. Copy the two files ar.dic & ar.aff to \Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.1\share\dict\ooo
4. Edit \Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.1\share\dict\ooodictionary.lst to add:
       DICT ar TN ar
5. From Tools -> options -> parameters linguistic: linguistic, Edit openoffice.org hunspell spellchecker and choose the languge arabic (tunis) [it must have the "ABC" flag].
    b. Auto installation using .oxt file:
    - Same steps as in Linux
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