Medical Spelling Tools for Word Processors
The language of modern medicine is complex, with hundreds of thousands of medical words that are not found in a standard dictionary. Anyone who works in the medical industry can relate to the frustration of spell checking a medical document and having nearly every other word identified as misspelled!
Medical spelling software supplements a standard spell check dictionary with thousands of medical terms and abbreviations to allow effective spell checking of medical documents.
Medical spelling software supplements a standard spell check dictionary with thousands of medical terms and abbreviations to allow effective spell checking of medical documents.
Spellex
Works With Microsoft Word, Outlook, Word Perfect, & Adobe CS
Spellex is clearly the leader in the medical spelling software field with over 100,000 medical words, compatibility with most word processing software, and regular updates.Spellex integrates seamlessly into the built in spell checker of compatible applications.
The only drawback to Spellex is the price - $99.95 for a single user and additional fees for updates.
Sylvan Software Medical Spell Check
Works with Microsoft Word and WordPerfect.
Sylvan software was introduced in 1997 and is a comprehensive medical spelling product.Sylvan software retails at $99.95 per user.
Sylvan software is updated one or two times per year at a price of $39.95 per user.
Inductel's Medical Spell Checker
Works with Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, & iWork
Inductel's Medical Spell Checker adds over 100,000 words to Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, or iWork.The diversity of applications that Inductel's Medical Spell Checker will work with is clearly a competitive advantage.
Inductel's Medical Spell Checker costs $29.95 per user with a $19.95 annual update fee.
MedSpel
Works with Microsoft Word
OpenMedSpel
Works with OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, & HunSpel
OpenMedSpel includes nearly 50,000 medical terms and is free and open source with a GPL license.OpenMedSpel is available for:
OpenOffice.org
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
The GPL license of OpenMedSpel allow others to incorporate this word list into other open source applications.
Feedback on Medical Spelling Software
PetMemorialWorld wrote...
This is a great looking resource for people interesting getting their spelling right!
One think you might do is put live links to each one - "how to" also found on my tips lens. What is your next one one? :)
Posted December 04, 2008
by R_R
I am a medical software developer, and I create Squidoo lenses for medical topics whenever I can.
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