Comments on: Writing made easy for young students: Introducing WriteType

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By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:16:49 +0000

I am truly srry for the language that “Muthafucka” said, if I were his parents I would drop him off a cliff. Don’t listen to him, and keep making your blog, you have a bright future

By: Muthafucka

Muthafucka — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:13:42 +0000

Who eva wrote this shit is a dumb mutha fucka, u a punk ass bitch you know that, you obviously don’t know shit about computer programming and just decided to make a fucking horrible blog. One last thing……….. FUCK YOU BITCH

By: HarM

HarM — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:57:30 +0000

I’d be quite happy to do some Dutch translations but I actually had thought of using existing dictionaries, like in OpenOfficeorg.
Adding these thru a “clickable” option is a lot more user-friendly than editing config files ….. Scratching my own itch isn’t the issue here (that’s easy enough) but I do think that a simple (internal) word-list doesn’t really cut it in the long run.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:24:13 +0000

This looks like a very promising app; hope you will be able to develop it more and make it stable. It reminds me of Clicker 4 which also combines word prediction and auditive support when writing (see Cricksoftware) which I used a lot for my disabled daughter.

By: Max Shinn

Max Shinn — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:25:36 +0000

Depending on how you classify a “portable app”, WriteType is already portable. The Windows download contains only the executable and the needed files to support it; there is no installer. This can be copied to a flash drive and lugged around to any computer. It does write information to the registry, however, so any preferences will not be saved.

By: Max Shinn

Max Shinn — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:20:30 +0000

Not necessarily, it would just require different word lists. As it is right now, TTS (via eSpeak), spellcheck, and the interface can be easily internationalized. In fact, there is a (currently useless) option in the config file to specify the language. Word completion would would take only a little bit of code, but would require a list of words in the desired language. If you (or anyone) is interested in submitting a translation, I would be more than happy to fully make translations available. In fact, I’ll add it to the “how can you help” list.

By: HarM

HarM — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:01:32 +0000

OK, was a bit fast there. Just had a quick peek at the code.
Internationalization would require a rewrite or an additional way to populate wordslist.

By: taylor

taylor — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:01:07 +0000

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By: HarM

HarM — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:52:07 +0000

Ummm, how about internationalizing the app by adding the option to change dictionaries (and voice)?
I like the simple way it just works, kids could love this.