An API to Check Spelling and Grammar

Raphael Mudge
raffi@automattic.com
 Overview
 What is After the Deadline
 Adding AtD into your App
 Resources
 Overview
 What is After the Deadline
 Adding AtD into CiviCRM
 Resources
 What is AtD?
 A software service, checks:
Spelling, misused words, style, and
grammar
 Front-end components
 A tool to aid your users
 Who should use AtD?
Content Management Systems
User Generated Content Sites
Web Office Suites

Where people write!

 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:
 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 .*/NNS
Suggestion: your \1:possessive
 Grammar Checker
How 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%
How it works
 Integrating AtD
 AtD speaks an XML protocol
 Front-end plugins for:
 jQuery
 TinyMCE
 CKEditor
 Portable to other editors
and…
 Caveat Emptor
 AtD works with CiviCRM but…
CKEditor plugin needs work
Adding AtD is a hacky process
 How to add AtD
Step 1: Install CKEditor Plugin
cd civicrm/packages/ckeditor
wget http://…/atd-ckeditor.tgz
tar zxvf atd-ckeditor.tgz
 How to add AtD
Step 2: Edit ckeditor.php
cd civicrm/packages/HTML
cd QuickForm
vi ckeditor.php
How to add AtD
 Server
Open Source – GPL
Modify proxy.php in AtD
CKeditor plugin to change
 Places to use AtD
 In the browser
 Firefox Extension
 Bookmarklet for IE/Safari/FF
 WordPress
 IntenseDebate
 Resources
http://www.afterthedeadline.com
AtD software
http://blog.afterthedeadline.com
Find this presentation
mailto: raffi@automattic.com
My email, I don’t bite.
 In summary…
 What is After the Deadline
 Adding AtD into your App
 Resources
 Resources
http://www.afterthedeadline.com
AtD software
http://blog.afterthedeadline.com
Find this presentation
mailto: raffi@automattic.com
My email, I don’t bite.