Stinsonddog’s Blackberry Spelling Checker Page
Some people don't like making spelling mistakes
so here are two solutions for you.
You can either choose a free
application bbCorrector (see post #66 if you have OS 4.0.2 or
later) or pay an annual license fee for bbSpell (save $10 on your order here
(one or two years) by entering "Stinson" as the coupon code). Both are good applications, and if spelling
is important to you, I really love bbSpell. bbCorrector does a fundamental job of checking the
spelling, but is far more trackwheel intensive. bbSpell has been redesigned with my input to avoid
trackwheel clicks once the correction process starts, until you are ready to
accept the changes or send the email.
Furthermore, bbSpell now can automatically
check all messages by enabling Autocheck in the
options. For bbCorrector,
each correction requires the use of the trackwheel. Here are some reasons to pay for bbSpell. If you
are not sure, try the free evaluation version of bbSpell.
·
Usability - bbSpell automates the checking process with popup menus
that allow you move quickly through the process, and it provides for
automatically checking each message.
·
Quality - bbCorrector is slow to make changes for new OS releases and
other problematic situations like special characters. Why? The free user community must update the
code. There are two hero's in the community, T-Roy and Tateu
from Blackberry forums that are doing most of the work. bbSpell
has paying customers so they fix their problems quickly, and they offer
support.
·
Performance - bbSpell claims to return corrections faster than any BB
spelling product - device or server based.
Users on a BES may get faster results. The program adds three menu items: Check Spelling, Thesaurus, and
Dictionary to your email compose menu.
Also there is a single .cod file for all BB OS 3.6-4.1 so enterprise
deployment is easier.
Other
advantages to bbSpell that may warrant the cost:
·
Thesaurus lookups
during message composition
·
Full definition
lookups
·
Legal and Medical
Dictionaries
·
Localized in
French and German
·
SSL support
·
English (US,
·
When
you choose Check Spelling from the trackwheel, the spell checking starts and
you get the screen above. Note the
word being checked at the top, and then the list of possible spellings. When you select the corrected word
(either scrolling to it, or beginning to type it -followed by the enter key),
the program pops up the next misspelled word. After the final word, the Send selection
is made, but you can change that to Accept and return to the email compose
screen and make further adjustments before you send the email. All of this goes very quickly and is
relatively automated. The example
above is a good reason you might need to use Accept. Note the word, chucker. The word is not misspelled but it should
be "checker," so you will have to manually fix it before sending your
email.