Awhile back i wrote a MediaWiki extension, called WikiSpeller, that adds a spell-check feature to the wiki text entry box. It was merely a wrapper around a nice bit of JavaScript called GoogieSpell.
GoogieSpell mimics Google’s spell-check feature in GMail. Using Google as your spell-check service has a couple of issues though. First, they only spell-check documents up to 60000 characters. Secondly, you can’t add words to their dictionary.
To address those issues, i present you with GSpellerServer. A spell-check service you can run for all your own apps and your friends too. It was a weekend project, but i’m pretty happy with the results. I need to add an interface for adding words, but there’s always features to add.
It does have a couple of requirements that may be show-stoppers for some folks. It requires PHP5 compiled ‘-with-pspell’ and should be run on a SSL capable server to be compatible with Google’s interface. Self-signed certs should work just fine.
Have fun.
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