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DESCRIPTION
CheckSpell is spellchecking service for Mac OS X. It just adds Polish, Czech, Lithuanian, Slovak and Ukrainian dictionaries to the systemwide spellchecking.

Warning! To prevent technical conflicts, and for the users convenience, this installer will automatically remove the alternative spelling checker called cocoAspell.

CheckSpell uses the same engine and dictionaries, as used by recent versions of the OpenOffice software package.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.4:
  • Now you can choose during installation dictionaries you want to install
  • Minor bugfixes
Version 1.3:
  • Loading of each dictionary is suspended until it is really used
  • Overall performance should be slightly better now
  • The memory footprint should be reduced significantly at runtime
  • The top level readme from the installation image will now have a translated name - however only a polish translation exists for now
Version 1.2:
  • Added support for Latvian language
  • Minor bugfixes
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Marcin Dalecki
Downloads:3,588
  - Version d/l:657
Business:Word Processing
License:Free
Date:29 Aug 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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    Nov 14 2008
    *****

    HUSKI  Big big thanks for that. You are star :D  
    (Version 1.3)

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    Apr 29 2008
    *****

    LOUKASH  Výborně! Unlike cocoAspell which would never work for me, this one actually WORKS right away! Thanks!  
    (Version 1.3)

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    Apr 28 2008
    *****

    DAN FRIML  Excellent! Thanks for this! 5 stars...  
    (Version 1.3)

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    Apr 27 2008

    G7  It's a great system component, much better than cocoAspell (i.e. faster and compatible with more applications, including iWork).

    However, it's sad we have to download and install it manually. Apple should have included it with OS X, because Polish is one of the officially supported languages in the system. Mac OS X 10.5 is localized in Polish, yet Apple did not supply *any* Polish spelling component with the system.  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Feb 7 2008

    GLOBETROTTERDK  It is good to see developers step into the gaping hole left by Apple not adding spelling support for the languages that OS X is localized for. Many multi-linguists have been orphaned by Apple's (lack?) of policy in this area.

    Unfortunately, it is unclear from the website if CheckSpell supports other OpenOffice.org dictionaries such as Indonesian, Latvian, etc (anyone understand Polish?). It would also be interesting to know if CheckSpell avoids having to restart the specific app when changing dictionary language, which plagues cocoAspell.  
    (Version 1.1)

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    Feb 7 2008

    CHECKSPELL  CheckSpell can support other OO dictionaries if there is a need. Just let me know by mail (address is in the Read Me file).

    And no, ChcecSpell does not require to restart application to change the dictionary.  
    (Version 1.1)

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    +1