Ghotit Releases Dyslexia Software For Macintosh

The Ghotit solution for Macintosh was designed for people with dyslexia. The Ghotit solution for Macintosh incorporates Ghotit spell and grammar checker. Unique features of word prediction and an advanced proofreading engine are offered as part of the Macintosh solution. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) September 05, 2012 - Dyslexia is the most prevalent of all known learning disabilities. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), approximately 5-15 percent of the population suffers from severe reading and writing difficulties associated with dyslexia. Dyslexics spend significant time, effort and money to improve their written communication skills.

Ofer Chermesh is a lifelong dyslexic and one of Ghotit's founders. The struggle of producing readable text is well known to him. "I have no doubt that the people who designed regular spell checkers did not have in mind people with dyslexia. Regular spell checkers are targeting people with good spelling capabilities that occasionally make spelling mistakes, not dyslexics like me" says Ofer Chermesh.

Regular spell checkers are designed to correct spelling mistakes that are relatively close to the correct spelling. In order to identify the correct spelling of a poorly spelled word, the context of the sentence needs to be analyzed. Ghotit offers novel patent-protected context spell checking technology tuned for people with dyslexia and bad spelling. Using these algorithms Ghotit can detect and correct not only really bad spelled words but also misused words, words that are spelled correctly, but are written out of context. Ghotit offers also advanced grammar checking algorithms, ensuring that the corrected text is not only error-free, but also written with correct English grammar.

Ghotit launched its online free service in 2008. In 2009 Ghotit released its Microsoft Plug-in for Microsoft Word for Windows and today Ghotit has released its solution for Macintosh. The Ghotit solution for Macintosh is based on a simple text editor that incorporates Ghotit spell and grammar checker. Unique features of word prediction and an advanced proofreading engine are offered as part of the Macintosh solution.

"For years Macintosh has positioned itself as one of the leading platforms for people with disabilities. Therefore, it is a natural evolution for Ghotit to offer a Macintosh solution. The Ghotit solution for Macintosh was designed for people with dyslexia. There is no other Macintosh solution in the market that has been 100% driven by the dyslexic community" says Ofer Chermesh.

Though initially designed for people with dyslexia, Ghotit has demonstrated success for people with other writing and reading difficulties such as people who use English as their Second Language (ESL) and English Language Learners (ELL) enabling them to move to mainstream English Writing.

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