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SMS Corrector: Auto-Correct Text Messages On Android Phones

abhijeet — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:01:23 +0000

SMS Corrector is an Android app that corrects incoming text messages automatically to improve their readability. It focuses on the SMS jargon (abbreviations for just about every combination of words) and misspelled words. So if the sender typed b4 in his message, this app will show it as “before.” It also corrects the upper case words that are not meant to be in upper case. The app supports English and French, and is free to use. It can be installed from the Android Market.

You can choose whether you want to show the translated version of the message within the original message, have the corrected version sent as a new message to you, or replace the original message with the correct version.

Features

Correct incoming SMS on Android.
Corrects the SMS abbreviations, spellings and upper case characters.
Works in English and French.

Check out SMS Corrector @ market.android.com/details?id=danem.smstranslator (via Lifehacker By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Revisery: Get Your Text Professionally Edited Online

Umar — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:01:29 +0000

A lot of what people write can be edited and shortened without losing its meaning. Since succinctness is an important factor in today’s communication, editing text has become a valuable service. Offering text editing online is a web service called Revisery. It is a web service created by MakeUseOf’s very own Erez Zukerman. The service edits and proofreads text for you. The service performs simple edits such as changing “not able” to “unable” as well as a few advanced edits.

You can have Revisery edit text up to 120 words for free. Simply paste in the text and provide your email address – the edited text is emailed to you moments afterwards. For longer texts, Revisery offers various premium packages to cater to people’s needs.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Edits text online.
Emails you edited version.
Edits text up to 120 words for free.
Offers various premium packages.

Check out Revisery @ www.revisery.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

Apostrophe.me: Shows How To Use an Apostrophe

Kaly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:14:10 +0000

Apostrophe.me is a simple how to use an apostrophe website that provides a quick online “how to” flowchart for using the apostrophe sign. It asks basic questions like “Is it plural?” or “Is it indicating possession? and gives example situations when you would use an apostrophe.

The site is very useful for people who are not native English speakers.

Oh and Who’s/Whose goes as such:

- “Who is” the only possessive pronoun not to use an apostrophe! “Who’s” is a contraction of “Who is” as in “Who is that?” – “Who’s that?” versus “Whose“, the possessive pronoun “Whose car is that?”

Check out Apostrophe.me @ www.apostrophe.me

ESLAssistant: Correct Grammatical Errors In Your English

abhijeet — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:03:01 +0000

ESL Assistant is a new web service by Microsoft Research team to help people correct grammatical errors in their English writing. It is particularly useful for those whose native language isn’t English (ESL – English as Second Language). Just type in or copy paste the text into their box and hit check to find out the errors. It also searches Bing to check examples of English usage.

And if you use Outlook as your email tool then you could download and use their Outlook add-in to check your emails for any errors in English.

Features:

Correct grammatical errors in your English writing.
Web based, easy to use and does not require registration.
Search Bing from the page to find usage examples on the web.
Outlook add-in available for Outlook users.
Similar tools: AfterTheDeadline, Spellify, Orangoo, Spellist, WebSourceIt and SpellJax.

Check out ESLAssistant @ www.eslassistant.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

CorrectMyText: Foreign Language Text Corrections By Experts

abhijeet — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:37:50 +0000

If you are learning to read and write a foreign language and not sure if you are writing things correctly then CorrectMyText is a site you can make use of. On this website you may submit your text and get it it corrected by a real person. Text corrections are done by language experts. You can also request a sound recording of the spoken version of your corrected text.

The site requires sign-up and is free to use. It currently supports ten of the most widely used languages – English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.

Additionally if you are good in languages you can become an expert and help out others.

Features:

Submit foreign language text and get it corrected by experts.
Registration is free.
Ten main languages supported.
Request a sound recording of the spoken version of the text.
Become an expert to start doing text corrections for others.

Those of you who are currently studying a foreign language might be also interested in recently published 18 Great Sites to Learn a New Language.

Check out CorrectMyText @ www.correctmytext.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

AfterTheDeadline: Ouick Grammar Checking Site

TehseenBaweja — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:18:30 +0000

Sometimes we don’t have access to our favorite browsers or word processing applications to do simple things like spell and grammar checks. AfterTheDeadline solves this problem easily. It is a spell and grammar checking site where you can paste the text you are working with and check for spelling errors, grammar mistakes or get style suggestions.

There is no download and no registration required. Doing a right-click on the underlined word shows you the suggestions to fix the text.

Features:

Online grammar and spelling checker.
Suggests styling as well.
No registration or download required.
Light-weight and easy to use interface.
Similar sites: Spellify, Orangoo, Spellist, WebSourceIt and SpellJax.

Check out AfterTheDeadline @ www.polishmywriting.com (via DownloadSquad.com)

Common Errors In English: Lists Commonly Misused English Words

azim — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:51:27 +0000

There are quite many words in English language that are confusing in their usage, so many people make mistakes using them. This site contains a list of common misused English words and phrases like affect/effect, amoral/immoral, adviser/advisor etc. and explains the correct way to use these words along with examples in different sentences. The site is basically an online version of the book called ‘Common Errors in English Usage‘ by Paul Brians.

Users may browse words alphabetically or search using the search option.

Features:

Directory of misused English phrases words with explanations and correct usage.
Browse words alphabetically or search by keyword.
The site is an online version of the book “Common Errors in English Usage” by Paul Brians.
Similar websites: WebSourceIt.

Check out Common Errors @ http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors