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String spell check transformer?

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Forum|Forum|9 years ago
May 31, 2017
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setld_solutions
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If there is not a spell checker transformer in FME (I couldn't find one), could you please create one?

Have a large, free-form entry string field and want to flag words that don't match an English dictionary.

Think of this as an ongoing tester w/ QC .CSV output (examples in attached image), rather than a "fail over point" in an ongoing automation.

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rylanatsafe
Safer
Forum|Forum|8 years ago
September 5, 2017

Great idea! I wonder if this would be best served through FME Hub, and designed to access an API for an online dictionary? Ideally serving more than one language. That said, I am not aware (nor have researched) what APIs might be available...

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david_r
Forum|Forum|8 years ago
September 14, 2017

Here's a pretty good resource for possible spell check APIs:

https://www.programmableweb.com/category/spelling/api

The biggest issue will probably be that most of them will require payment for more than a small number of spell checks. Also, online spell checkers might be too slow if someone wants to translate text contained in a huge number of features.

A couple of free (offline) alternatives: