Check Your Web Spelling

Have you ever looked back on a web-based email, forum post or blog entry and been amazed/embarrassed at how many typos were in there? There is a solution and it’s free. You need to check out ieSpell. It works with both Internet Explorer and FireFox (I actually think it works better in FireFox). It does operate a little differently depending on which browser you are using and what type of web-form you are in. In some cases (like Gmail in FireFox), a small red underline appears dynamically under a misspelled word. In other cases, you can right click on a form or field and select the ieSpell option. Worst case, you need to select ieSpell from the Tools menu in IE.

There are some other web based spell checkers out there – ranging in price from free to $295!  Of the free version I’ve found, I like ieSpell the best because it has the look and feel of the Office spell checker interface and, in fact, uses the Office dictionary by default (although you can specify a different one if you want).

So if you are a “blogger” or use web-based email – give ieSpell a look.  You can find it here: http://www.iespell.com.