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Ceart is developed by Cruinneog and Kevin Scannell. Site designed by Red Productions.
(c) Cruinneog and Kevin Scannell 2004- 2005
About the software
Ceart is a powerful standalone software package designed to help correct both grammatical and spelling mistakes in the Irish language such as "séimhiú" and "urú" issues on nouns. Developed by Irish technology consultancy Cruinneog in conjunction with Kevin Scannell, it is aimed primarily at the rapidly growing number of translators working with Irish. The package is also a sophisticated resource for students, learners and professionals. A collection of commonly used phrases integral to the package enables users to quickly standardise texts, and the grammar and spell-checking features boost productivity by rapidly highlighting questionable words and phrases.
Having successfully completed its pilot phase, the software is now available for the Apple Mac OS X platform and a Windows version is currently in development. Ease of use has been a key goal of the Ceart project, and its user interface has been designed by Cruinneog so that text from any other software application can simply be "copy and pasted" into the Ceart window. Grammar and spell checking is then carried out by a powerful grammar engine developed by Kevin Scannell. The latest version of this engine recognizes over 360,000 words and 1500 grammatical rules. The standalone approach ensures that Ceart will work side by side with a wide variety of software packages – from Microsoft Office applications to e-mail programs.
Passages of the text which appear to be incorrect are identified by the grammar engine and this information is shown to the user in a series of informative windows. The phrases or words which are suspect are highlighted and a concise message summarises the problem.
