CENTRE FOR TEXT TECHNOLOGY (CTexT®)
Products
Proofing Tools
1. Afrikaanse SkryfGoed
According Prof. Hans du Plessis, former Director of the ATKV-Skryfskool, good writing in Microsoft® Word need not be overwhelming:
“You don’t need a Linguistics degree. With the Afrikaans Spelling Checker and Grammar checker at your electronic disposal, an index finger will do.”
Proofing tools developed by the Centre for Text Technology (CTexT®) at the NWU-Pukke have been helping South African computer users to improve their writing for some time now.
CTexT’s Afrikaanse SkryfGoed is the only collection of four Afrikaans proofing tools for Microsoft® Office.
The collection consists of four electronic proofing tools for improved writing:
- Improve your spelling: Afrikaans Spelling Checker
- Improve your language usage: Afrikaans Grammar Checker
- Improve your choice of words: Afrikaans Thesaurus
- Improve your page layout: Afrikaans Hyphenator
2. Proofing tools for other South African languages
CTexT® has also developed spelling checkers and hyphenators for:
• IsiNdebele
• IsiXhosa
• IsiZulu
• Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho)
• Sesotho (Southern Sotho)
• Setswana
• Siswati
• Tshivenda
• Xitsonga
3. Contact details
Software for individual users can be ordered or downloaded from www.spel.co.za. Alternatively, contact BlueTek Computers for a quotation on 018 297 0164 or at verkope@spel.co.za.
Educational institutions are entitled to 20% discount, and licensing options for multiple users are available.