Google Spellchecker API
Now I have seen some of my fellow bloggers talk about using the Google API’s to integrate maps and Google searches into there sites, but did you know that you can use the Google API’s for spell-checking your online apps?
A customer of mine uses a browser interface to maintain a public service site and they have been asking if we could somehow integrate a spell checker into the app. Initially, I pondered if there was a way to place all the fields in the form into a MS Word doc and kick off the spell check there. But fortunately I was spared this nightmare by find this article over at ASP101.com.
The example is for ASP, but this API is a web service and downloading the APIs comes with examples in J2EE and .NET.
You are limited to 10 words per call, and 1000 calls a day, on top of the typical Google restrictions about non-commercial use. Google does point out that these API’s are still considered beta, but what cool feature at Google isn’t?