Aspell Proxy for LookOut

spell check your composed messages in a modern way

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While Communigate Pro comes with a way to integrate a spell checker to the webskins, this integration is quite limited. The spell checking is done one word at a time, and the whole message body is transferred over and over back and forth on each click.

Wouldn't it be interesting to see, at a glance, all misspelt words without having to click again, again and again on the Ignore or the Replace button? To have a really integrated spell checker which display misspelt words as in major text processing software?

Well, Aspell Proxy for LookOut is the solution. When integrated in LookOut 3.6.4+, a simple, single click on the Check Spelling button and all the misspelt words are underlined in red. Users can click on misspelt words to get replacement suggestions and, when this feature is enabled, they can even add words to a personal dictionary.

Aspell Proxy for LookOut is a CGI application installed in the cgi-bin directory of Communigate Pro. The message body is transferred once between LookOut and the spell checker, and a list of words and suggestions is sent back to LookOut. The application can verify the Session ID to make sure only logged in users can make use of it, and no other info has to be transferred (Message body, Session ID).

The application is compiled natively for the most popular platforms Communigate Pro supports. It uses the Gnu Aspell libraries - on most system GNU Aspell has to be installed separately. For the unsupported platform, a Perl script (which is less efficient but still works) is supplied instead.

Summary:

• Integrate a spell checker in LookOut an intuitive and efficient way
• Use less bandwidth than the traditionnal spell checker
• Compatible with any language supported by GNU Aspell
• Support adding words to a personal dictionary
• Fast and efficent
• Supported platforms: Windows (2000 to Win7, x86 and x64), Linux (i386 and x64), OSX (PPC and Intel), FreeBSD (i386 and x64) and Sun Solaris (SPARC and i386).

• Perl script for other platforms
• The Windows package contains the precompiled GNU Aspell 0.60.5 library, as well as a script to prepare the downloaded dictionary

Pricing and terms

• Aspell Proxy is licensed based on the size of your LookOut license. For medium and large licenses, the price is around 30% of the LookOut license. Small license have a fixed price. You can use the field below to calculate the exact price of your license. The prices are fixed in CAD but displayed in USD according to the current exchange rate, updated daily.

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• The Aspell Proxy perl script is not compatible with Windows, bt shouldn't be needed there anyway since a binary version is provided
• The Aspell Proxy perl script can be modified freely, as long as these modifications are not distributed. No support is offered for a modified version.
• These terms may change without advice.
• If another skin can make use of the Aspell Proxy in the future, no further charge is required for this use, as long as the Aspell Proxy license covers the total number of accounts having access to it.
• To get your license, continue to the purchase page...

Current version: ASpellProxy v1.0a [HISTORY]

Aspell Proxy requires LookOut 3.6.4+, which requires Communigate Pro 5.0+ and Firefox 1.5, Internet Explorer 6, or Safari 2.

Aspell Proxy download is restricted to registered users.

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