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Development of Indic Language Spell Checking Dictionary for OOo

K G SulochanaG Jaganadh C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram

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Talk Summery

Introduction

OpenOffice.org

Hunspell

Building Dictionaries

Issues

Tips for Building Dictionaries

Evaluation of Performance

Conclusion

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Introduction

Localization

Spell checking

Spell checker Development in Indian Languages

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OpenOffice.org

Free and Open Source Office Suite

Collaborative Development

Available with Interface in Indian Languages

Future Office Suite of India

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Hunspell

Spell checking library in OOo

Free and Open Source

Capable of Handling Complex Languages

Unicode Support

Compound Handling

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Building Dictionaries

Format of Hunspell Dictionaries

Word list .dic file

Rule Base or Affix list .aff file

How to prepare .dic file ?

How to prepare .aff file ?

Building OOo with your .dic file and .aff file

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Issues

Availability of Word list

Rule Generation

Sandhi Handling

Tuning Compound Handling part for Indian Languages

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Tips

Tips and tricks for generating word list

Tips and Tricks for rule base development

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Testing and Evaluation

Testing of spell checker

Performance evaluation

Quality ensuring

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Towards Future

Works to do in Hunspell for Indic Language Spell

Checking in OOo

Setting Up User Groups of Help Support and

Development

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Concluding Remarks

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Questions ?

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Thank You