Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

Re:Google Chromium, sans integration with Google by vladvasiliu on Sunday June 07, 2020 @03:08AM (#23445399)

Firefox has spell checking [0] built-in. Granted, if you want to use several languages it's possible, but clunky - you have to change it every time.

There is also the Language Tool extension [1]. I've discovered this recently and I'm really impressed. I don't use the online service, I run my own server with French and English n-grams and the experience is very good. It auto-detects the language and integrates well in the UI.

[0] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-sp...

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/languagetool/

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Re:Google Chromium, sans integration with Google by nine_k on Sunday June 07, 2020 @04:01AM (#23445619)

There is a tool for merging dictionaries (these are aspell dictionaries internally, iirc), and a number of ready-made merged dictionaries, like English + German, English + Russian, etc. I can attest they work well, without the need to switch.

I wish transparent multi-language support was built in, though.

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Re:Google Chromium, sans integration with Google by cm2187 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @04:03AM (#23445633)

I am litterally typing "happy Birtdhay to my sister!" on an english version of firefox and see no red underlining ("check your spelling as you type" is checked in the settings).

The feature must be broken or blocked by adblockers I presume.

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