Reviews for Grammar and Spell Checker - LanguageTool
Grammar and Spell Checker - LanguageTool by LanguageTooler GmbH
Review by Firefox user 18321141
Rated 4 out of 5
by Firefox user 18321141, 3 xhur iluThis is not a local spellchecker (all browsers use to have local spellcheckers)
"LanguageTool" forwards all of your text to third party servers (wasting data and adding latency) and does not show you errors until responses are received from those servers (huge lag)
Mobile Firefox removed its spellchecker because Android had a spellchecker, but Google removed Android's spellchecker because most browsers has spellcheckers.
LanguageTool is now the sole result for https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/search/?q=spell%20checker but our business does not allow apps that forward text to remote servers.
Now 4 stars due to responses about local servers
"LanguageTool" forwards all of your text to third party servers (wasting data and adding latency) and does not show you errors until responses are received from those servers (huge lag)
Mobile Firefox removed its spellchecker because Android had a spellchecker, but Google removed Android's spellchecker because most browsers has spellcheckers.
LanguageTool is now the sole result for https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/search/?q=spell%20checker but our business does not allow apps that forward text to remote servers.
Now 4 stars due to responses about local servers
Developer response
posted 3 xhur iluYour business can also run the LT server locally, as described at https://dev.languagetool.org/http-server. The latency for checking is usually <1 second, please report a bug in our forum at https://forum.languagetool.org/ if it's slower for you.
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- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 16315383, 9 ġranet iluI love this addon WHEN it doesn't correct my British English spellings into American ones. I've read your instruction - there is no English "(no variant)" in settings, and selecting "British English" in "Interpret English as:" doesn't stop the addon from correcting my British spellings. This has to be a bug.
Developer response
posted 9 ġranet iluI have just tried with "colour" and it gets accepted when British English is selected. Please contact our support at support -at- languagetoolplus.com with a screenshot of your settings and a screenshot of the text. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14519322, 9 ġranet ilu
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