--- Forwarded Message from "wehage" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Sender: [log in to unmask] >From: "wehage" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-to: [log in to unmask] >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #8792 German Spell Check >Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:42:16 -0400 >Priority: normal MS Word comes with spell checkers for French, Spanish and German. We have it installed on all computers in the lab. Franz-J ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > --- Forwarded Message from Todd Marshall-Taylor > <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:40:04 -0500 > >From: Todd Marshall-Taylor <[log in to unmask]> > >User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: German Spell Check > > Hi, > > Recently one of the professors returned from Germany with > a spell checking program from Duden (major publisher of > dictionaries in Germany). This one is version 4.00 (build > 1301) > > We installed it on a laptop running Windows XP Pro using > MS Word 2007. When using this spell checker we noticed > less than precise detection of errors. > > Has anyone had this experience? Can anyone recommend > freeware for spell checking in German. > > We got info on Language Pack uTorrent but do not know if > it is reliable. > > Thanks, > > Todd M-Taylor > > -- > Todd Marshall-Taylor > Language Computing Consultant > University of Waterloo > 519-888-4567 ext. 32774 > > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association > for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The > Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning > (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at > http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor > ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** Dr. Franz-Joseph Wehage Professor of German Muskingum College New Concord, OH 43762 740 826 8301