External grammar checker (LanguageTool)

[MikeUnwalla]

'Spell and grammar checker - Soultions?' (http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/post22985.html) shows that the integration of an external grammar checker with Oxygen is possible.

I guess that LanguageTool (http://www.languagetool.org) can be integrated with Oxygen, but I do not have sufficient technical skill to do a test. (LanguageTool can be embedded in Java applications (http://wiki.languagetool.org/java-api) and it is integrated with some applications (http://www.languagetool.org/screenshots/)).

Is it possible to integrate LanguageTool with Oxygen? If yes, is that integration done by creating a plugin (http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/PluginDeveloperGuide.pdf)?

Thanks and regards,

Mike Unwalla
Contact: http://www.techscribe.co.uk/techw/contact.htm

[Radu]

Hi Mike,

There is an Oxygen Plugin type called Workspace Access for which our Plugins SDK has a sample:

http://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_sdk.htm ... er_Plugins

Such a plugin can add toolbar buttons and also has API to add highlights in the editor area based for example on certain detected spell checker problems.
So our Java API is sufficient to integrate a any third party spell checker but any specific integration would require some development effort, you would need to have a Java developer and a couple of months of implementation for a first proof of concept. We do not perform such integrations ourselves but we can answer questions which may arise during the development.

Regards,
Radu

[MikeUnwalla]

The developers of LanguageTool released a plugin for oXygen XML Editor. The plugin lets you use the LanguageTool proof-reading software in oXygen. The TechScribe term checker for Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100) uses LanguageTool. Thus, you can do checks for conformity to ASD-STE100, as shown in the screen shot.

LanguageTool: https://languagetool.org/
Plugin: https://github.com/danielnaber/oxygen-l ... for-oxygen

[Radu]

Hi Mike,

Users registered on the forum do not receive notifications for each posted message, they just receive notifications on the threads on which they have been involved.

But I posted an announcement on the DITA Users List:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dit ... ages/37222

There are many Oxygen + DITA users registered there and they might be interested in trying the plugin.
You could also try to post an announcement on the Oxygen Users List:

http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailinglists.html#oxygen-user

Regards,
Radu