Open Source Grammar Checker

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Open Source Grammar Checker

For an online project I'm working on, I am looking for a open source grammar checker. I have searched Google, with some good results (http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/link/, etc), but I am wondering what all of you think about this topic.

I need this to be able to be used online, versus desktop based, but this is the only real specification I have. If it has a built-in spell checker, that would be a plus, but I can always use another project for that purpose.

Thanks for any help.

Have you taken a look at the Xinha project? I believe that has spell check and possibly grammar check.

Andrew Siemer 2009-07-21 23:28:22

Hi Andrew: Unfortunately, I am not finding that project. Would you happen to have a link to it?

PF1 2009-07-21 23:52:14

Probably because it's spelled "Xinha".

mouche 2009-07-22 04:20:23

there's a link to: http://xinha.webfactional.com/

pageman 2009-07-23 17:53:08

Unfortunately, I'm not finding grammar check on there. If I'm wrong, please let me know.

PF1 2009-07-24 23:59:02

Several wysiwyg editors have support for spell checking: feckeditor, htmlarea, tinymce.

I think most of them uses aspell dictionaries.

rjlopes 2009-07-22 21:40:28

I believe the question is about grammar checking, not spell checking.

Milan Babuškov 2009-07-22 21:46:05

@Milan Babuškov This is correct, the question is about grammar checking.

PF1 2009-07-22 23:17:30

what is this "aspell" dictionary? maybe you should use the spell checker ;) - also, in the spirit of grammar and this question: "most of them *use* ..."

Erich Mirabal 2009-07-23 18:41:01

SOrry i misunderstood the question, a grammar checker is not the same that a speel checker.@Erich: aspell is an open source spell checker that has many dictionaries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspell another example is hunspell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunspell

rjlopes 2009-07-23 21:00:44

+2 A:

LanguageTool should fit the bill:

http://www.languagetool.org/

richardtallent 2009-07-22 21:45:04

Hi richardtallent: Will this work online, or is it desktop side only?

PF1 2009-07-22 23:14:06

I saw a online version here: http://community.languagetool.org/, but I'm not sure if this is available to download.

PF1 2009-07-23 00:36:58

IIRC, it's a Java app with a default UI interface, but the underlying engine could be run server-side via JSP. You may even be able to embed it as an applet in a live web page and call it from your form code. I tried once to compile it under J# and that led to nothing but frustration. That said, using the actual engine might be worth the trouble if you're serious about implementing a grammar checker.

richardtallent 2009-07-23 06:37:07

@richardtallentThanks for your help. I think I'll drop a post at their site and ask what they are using to accomplish that effect. The problem is that I don't really want the user to need Java to use the program. And I want it more to be that when they enter the text, another page returns what is wrong/right about their grammar.

PF1 2009-07-23 17:16:46

try polishmywriting.com (now afterthedeadline.com)

I think the developer's details are here: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=raffi here's an ASK HN post from raffi: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=286162

UPDATE: you can get an API Key (i.e. for Wordpress): http://www.afterthedeadline.com/download.slp?platform=Wordpress

pageman 2009-07-23 18:36:43

@pageman Thanks for the suggestion. It looks like a very good tool. However, does it require you to buy those Service Plans in order to use it?

PF1 2009-07-23 21:58:07

@PFI that's why I included raffi's details - get a news.ycombinator.com account and try to contact raffi - there might be a licensing deal there somewhere ...

pageman 2009-07-24 18:18:14

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