bad word checker

Sarah Reichelt sarahr at genesearch.com.au
Wed May 11 18:30:48 EDT 2005


> This product is a replacement of snellen projectors.  It is used when 
> you read the letters on the chart.  There are key letters that are 
> expected and others that are not allowed.  Already the software must 
> go through some basic checks.
>
> 1.  Certain letters must show up while others can not.
> 2.  Letters are not allowed to repeat on a given line.
> 3.  Lines must contain 5 letters (provided the given system can fit 
> that many)
> 4.  Lines must be completely random to prevent memorization (whether 
> it is accidental or not)
> 5.  New:  no recognizable words can show up (bad or good)
>
> I have found that using a large enough pre-done list that meets the 
> qualifications above will do the job nicely.
>
>
Mark, could you tie this into a spell checker's database? I presume 
spell checkers know how to spell bad words as well as good ones, so you 
could reject any word that is found in the database.

Sarah



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