Wikipedia:Aids for Writing Simple English
Here are a few electronic aids for writing Simple English.
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OpenOffice.org (OOo) is a program that does everything that Microsoft Office Professional does -- and it is a free download (115MB) or is available on CD. The Basic English Institute has a spell checking wordlist download
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- Replace the one of the number of languages of OOo spell checker with the Basic English wordlist of 5,000+ spellings. This Includes derivatives and compound words which most other spell checkers overlook. Non-Basic words are highlighted as if misspelled.
The B.E.I now offers a Simple English spell checking wordlist for Open Office software suite. Each non-Simple English word is underlined in red. Readme
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WriteIdea (bad link, needs update) is an Open Source writers' tool for simplifying English text. There is a java based version you can download, and a web-based version (bad link, needs update) you can use online.
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Internet Dictionary Project software called IDP Companion translates between several languages. Replace one of the minor languages with the Basic English definitions from the Institute download page. Enter the "misspelled" word and copy and paste the desired Basic replacement.
A beta release of a thesaurus-like drop-down list for translation of the non-Simple English words into Basic English is also available. Readme . Help from a Unix programmer to compile an update the Beta of the thesaurus would be appreciated.
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An opensource web app specifically for simple.wikipedia that translates -to some degree- regular English to simple English automatically, using a different, editable, and context-sensitive wordlist. Leaves links, quotes, references and headings untranslated. Can pull random en.wikipedia articles, in an effort streamline simple.wiki development using en.wikipedia as a source.
