Strategy: Spelling with Word, Babylon and Google

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spellchecking in Word, Babylon and Google

The word is 'Auralization'

  • First try the dictionary in the word processor (e.g. Microsoft Word)
  • Try a specialist dictionary (Babylon with Hebrew)
  • Search for an academic document or journal paper that might use the word appropriately.
  • Finally add the word to Microsoft Word Dictionary

"Word has noticed a misspelling. I checked Microsoft Word speller and in addition I checked Babylon dictionary to see whether it is on a more advanced dictionary. Afterwards, as it is the name of a paper that I tracked down, I look for the paper on the internet to see if the name of the paper is correct, and based on that I know that I can add the word to the Word Dictionary."

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Quote

"If I wanted to use a specific phrase and I didn’t like [spelling] – it’s hard to find it in the dictionary, so I’d would type it in Google and see if I can track the same phrase exactly in Google."

- Elad

Tip

If you do not know if there is a dictionary on line that will help try Reference.com

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