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boron
02-06-2007, 11:34 AM
Through the time I've colected a decent "Text editors" compillation.

Spell checker (http://Spellcheck.net): spell checker, CAPITALS/small letters converter...totaly online, lightweighted, cute.

Online translators:
Babelfish (http://altavista.babelfish.com) Can translate a page in seconds (English Russian, German, Spanish...Greek, Chineese, Japanese)
This site translator (http://www.faganfinder.com/urlinfo/) (Find translate button) covers almost all European languages. Awesome. Quality is awfull, as can be expected, but good for understand some good Finnish or Arabic site...

HTML editors:
http://PSPad.com
http://www.chami.com/HTML-KIT/

Online Office:
http://THINKFREE.com Word processor, Data sheet (.xls), Presentation. This is kind of free online Office - web based.
http://ZOHO.com Great features, works slow (at least for me).

Definitions:
For quick referrence: Google: "define: word" > voila.
Online dictionary: http://Onelook.com > Go and try.
Explanations:
http://en.Wikipedia.org

I guess I forgot a good half of all, so addons appreciated.

Submerge
02-08-2007, 09:13 AM
http://www.crimsoneditor.com

My favorite editor for years.

boron
02-13-2007, 08:56 AM
Voice recognition software review (http://www.consumersearch.com/www/software/voice-recognition-software/index.html). From $45 to $165 and beyond. No more, no more, no more typing.

I tried years ago, was dissapointed, accurracy was awful, so useless. Anyone tried them lately?

Submerge
02-13-2007, 09:19 AM
I tried the Dragon Naturally Speaking program. The accuracy still isn't on par, but it has helped me type a couple papers for school. Definitely recommend rereading anything you used a voice recognition software on.

boron
02-13-2007, 10:01 AM
It's funny how I feel some resistance to "talk with the computer". And it's even more funny seeing people to type all those SMSs letter by letter on their phones.

Submerge
02-13-2007, 11:21 PM
Yeah, I look stupid when I do it, but it is a hell of a lot faster than typing. People actually think it's cool when they see it for the first time.

Submerge
02-13-2007, 11:25 PM
It's actually a lot faster to use for typing, and from my experience, people think it's pretty cool to use when they first see it.

boron
02-14-2007, 03:01 AM
OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/sitemap.html) is a well known free open source office suite. Documents are compatible with Microsoft Office. It contains Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, Base. OpenOffice Features (http://www.openoffice.org/product/)

Translated in many languages (http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html).

Compatible with Windows, Linux, MacOS, Solaris...
Many companies, internet caffes at my place use it.

jhnrang
02-27-2007, 02:39 AM
Thank you guys for sharing such useful resouces. I'll definitely try some of the text editors.

boron
02-27-2007, 02:55 AM
Thank you guys for sharing such useful resouces. I'll definitely try some of the text editors.

You will hardly refuse Thefreedictionary.com (http://thefreedictionary.com) . It tells you definitions, synonims, it has a thesaurus, you see 30+ findings "before and after" chosen word. You can listen to appropriate pronouncment. Acronyms finder.

You can get it on a right mouse button - you click any word online and you get it translated.

Submerge
02-27-2007, 09:00 AM
word.sc is supposedly another great and upcoming web 2.0 dictionary.