An API to Check Spelling and Grammar

An API to Check Spelling and Grammar

Raphael Mudgeraffi@automattic.com

Overview What is After the Deadline

How it Works

Adding AtD into your App

Resources

What is AtD? A software service, checks:Spelling, misused words,

style, and grammar

Front-end components

A tool to aid your users

What is AtD? A software service, checks:

What is AtD? A software service, checks:

What is AtD? A software service, checks:

What is AtD? A software service, checks:

How it works

How AtD *really* works…

What can I do?P(word) = count(word) / total

Pn(word|previous) = count(previous word) / count(previous)

Pp(word|next) = Pn(next|word) x P(next) / P(word)

I know about the fit of “do” in “don’t do that” from:

Pn( do | don’t )Pp( do | that )P(do)

Grammar Checker The error:I wonder if this is your

companies way of providing support?

Grammar Checker The error:I wonder if this is your

companies way of providing support?

Grammar Checker The error:I wonder if this is your

companies way of providing support?

The rule:Pattern: your .*/NNSSuggestion: your \1:possessive

Grammar CheckerHow AtD sees the sentence: I/PRP wonder/VBP if/IN this/DT is/VBZ

your/PRP$ companies/NNS way/NN of/IN providing/VBG support/NN

How AtD sees it:your companies way = 0.000004%your company's way = 0.000030%

and…

Who should use AtD?

Content Management Systems

User Generated Content Sites

Web Office Suites

Any where people are writing!

ServerOpen Source – GPL

Requires:Java 1.6.04GB of RAM

Integrating AtD AtD speaks an XML protocol

Front-end plugins for: jQuery TinyMCE

IssuesCross-domain AJAX?Use a proxy scriptTunnel data over remote

CSS

Resourceshttp://

open.afterthedeadline.com

Server software

http://www.afterthedeadline.com

Front-end plugins

mailto: raffi@automattic.com

My email, I don’t bite.

In summary… What is After the Deadline

How it works

Adding AtD into your App

Resources

Resourceshttp://

open.afterthedeadline.com

Server software

http://www.afterthedeadline.com

Front-end plugins

mailto: raffi@automattic.com

My email, I don’t bite.