Strategy: Blackberry for spell checking on Facebook
6 Keywords: Facebook, Dyslexia, Spell Checker, Blackberry, Spelling Errors, Spelling
"I use my Blackberry 8320 to check my Facebook because it is convenient and it automatically checks my spelling. As you type it underlines the word when you are writing on Facebook. When you send emails it checks the spelling at the end offering a menu of alternatives for your mispelled word.
The spell checkers on Facebook are not very easy to use - they tend to be an outside application and you have to cut and paste your message into a separate form or send the message from that form, as in the case of Whitesmoke. They are just not practical. They are not user friendly and you cannot see all your other messages or links on your wall!"


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"I don't tend to use my assistive technologies to check spelling on Facebook because I have to remember to launch them! I am usually going on Facebook really quickly so end up with lots of spelling errors."
- Sarah DTip
Blackberry has a free App World that allows you to download free and commercial programs for your smart phone. There are spell checkers, translation programs, social networks and file sharing etc.



