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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1995
Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Woodinville, WA (US);
Gerald T Beauregard, Ottawa, CA;
Eric A Hulteen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of correcting a text in a data processing system is described. The method includes the step of locating a first incorrect character in the text. A character list of alternative characters for the first incorrect character is then shown to the user who replaces the first incorrect character with a correct character from the character list. The change of the first incorrect character is then propagated through a remainder of the text in accordance with a matching score and a language probability score of the remainder of the text with respect to the correct character to correct any subsequent incorrect character in the text.