Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Commercial, Freeware
Check spelling in any application with tinySpell
by Brad Linder Sep 12th 2007 at 6:30PM
These days everything from word processors to web browsers to instant messaging clients have on the fly spell checking features. As you mistype a word, a red line or other indicator pops up to let you know that your word isn't in a dictionary. Try writing about websites with names like Flickr and Meebo on a regular basis and you'll see those little red lines so often you'll start dreaming about them.But some applications don't have spell checkers. For example, Windows Notepad and Wordpad. So what if you need to jot down a quick note and want to make sure it's properly spelled? Or what if your web browser or IM client doesn't have a spell checker?
TinySpell is a light weight application that will alert you with a beep if you misspell a word. Now matter what application you're using. The application rests in your toolbar and does pretty much nothing most of the time, but beeps like a maniacal beeping thing when you start typing made up words. Click on the icon to see a list of possible spellings.
Interestingly, "tinySpell" is not in it's dictionary. But fortunately it's quite simple to add words. If you'd rather not hear a beep every few seconds when you're writing the business plan for your new Web 2.0 business, you can also set tinySpell only to check words when you copy them to your clipboard.
TinySpell is freeware, but there's also a commercial version, tinySpell+ with additional features like the ability to check for capitalization errors and remember your last error. Prices for tinySpell+ start at $7.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Russell Heimlich said 12:17AM on 9-13-2007
I used to use this for a long time and would turn off the annoying beep sound and remapped the shortcut to cntrl + ?. I used it whenever I knew I misspelled a word. Sometimes i would only delete a few letters and paste the new word inside the jumbled old word. Kind of annoying.
I find no use for it now that Firefox has a built in spell checker. I hardly use other apps.
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shaf2k said 2:19PM on 9-13-2007
nice to know it also tells me i misspelled my password...
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James said 5:51PM on 9-13-2007
Apparently, it also doesn't catch when you use "it's" as a possessive.
''Interestingly, "tinySpell" is not in it's dictionary.''
(it's --> its)
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gourari thameur said 7:30PM on 9-23-2007
thanks gourari thameur
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sohail said 12:32PM on 9-27-2007
hi
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