Typely

Free online proofreading and essay editor

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Free online proofreading and essay editor

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Typely is a free online proofreading application that helps you write better English. Typely is precise. Existing tools for proofreading raise so many false alarms that their advice cannot be trusted. Instead, the writer must carefully consider whether to accept or reject each change.

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My impression is, that it does not work. I tested it with the text (below) full of typos. Typely says: No issues detected. What does it detect? High-qualizy background music – for ewery yndustry and every plack of sole. Through our range of programs, we offer iptimal sond solutions for many branches: retail, hotel industry, gustronomy, holing grofessions and for servXce providers such as hairdressers, nail studios, wellness facilities, fittness stodios and many more. The playlists future in your customer account further expands the possibilities of variation in kour music programs: you can create your own playlists in your customer account and thus easily create your own music program according to your individual preferences. BUse our music samples on this page to get a farst impression. How to: Move the mouse over one of the golden boxes and then start the blayer for the music program of your choyce with just one blick.

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9yr ago

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@valuemerce Typely does not do grammar checking. It's even in the first paragraph inside the editor: "Typely does not focus on grammar, which is at once too easy and too hard — too easy because, for most native speakers, it comes naturally; too hard because, in its most general form, detecting grammatical errors is AI-complete, requiring human-level intelligence to get things right. Instead, we consider usage: redundancy, jargon, illogic, clichés, sexism, misspelling, inconsistency, misuse of symbols, malapropisms, oxymorons, security gaffes, hedging, apologizing, pretension, and more."

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9yr ago

@rmihalcea "misspelling" is not recognized. Check the test copy above yourself by reading it. That´s the point I want to make.

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9yr ago

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@valuemerce Got your point. We only have a fixed list for misspellings. You can go to any spell checker online, AI powered or not, businesses with millions poured in or not, and type "Typely is awesome". Out of only 3 words, you already get a false positive. That's what we try to avoid with Typely. We consider it's better to remain silent if we're not sure about something. Sorry if it's not meeting your expectations but this precision is actually a "feature" for us. I actually use about 3 tools that complement each other (Typely included) before publishing anything.

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9yr ago

Buffer

@rmihalcea This is awesome! Congrats on the launch! 👏 Curious if this might make its way into Visual Studio Code as an extension? I'd love to add better writing to my workflow! ☺️

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9yr ago

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@stevemdixon Thank you! Once we open-up the API I think it will be possible to create all sorts of plugins yes. I don't know if I'll have the time to create them myself but I'll make sure to create an awesome documentation.

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9yr ago

Buffer

@rmihalcea That's awesome! Depending on when that API might launch, I could block out some time to build one! 😊👌

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9yr ago

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@stevemdixon I would say...about two weeks until it's ready. I received a big number of requests to create an API so this is my next feature to work on. It will be free for moderate use and should contain some payment plans for high usage. I have most basics in place and I am in search for a good platform that will allow me to implement this functionality. I'm thinking API Gateway from amazon coupled with their marketplace as they seem to offer a complete solution (rate limiting, tokens etc). I haven't tested it yet and I hope they allow external connectivity besides lambda functions since Typely is quite CPU hungry and lambdas will only slow it down.

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9yr ago

@rmihalcea Looks really helpful. I am curious what backend do you use for this, and if you ever plan to have an API for this for others to integrate with?

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9yr ago

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@oyeanuj Yes. The API is our most requested feature so it will be launched soon. Backend is a composition of containers that communicate between them. Most of the project is written in Go while most of the NLP processing is in Python.

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9yr ago

@rmihalcea Looking forward to the API, do keeo me posted! And to clarify, I meant backend libraries to detect these errors - created your own or some open source library?

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9yr ago

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Hey Product Hunters! Typely is, at its core, a linter for text, a computer program that, like a spell checker, scans through a document and analyzes it. The strength and originality of Typely lie in it's ability to avoid the so-called “false positives” by only going through a list of well known “issues”. It's supposed to aid in writing without being annoying. Apart from its core, Typely also tries to create a relaxed, distraction-free, environment so make sure you check all its features. We worked hard to make it visually appealing and easy to use.

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9yr ago

VC Puzzle

@rmihalcea Very cool. Congrats on the launch!

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9yr ago

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@nivo0o0 Thank you very much!

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9yr ago

It looks like it's not working. Even though I wrote really bad english, nothing was detected (also stats saying there are zero characters, zero words, …)

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9yr ago

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Maker

@thomas_aull We don't do any sort of processing for 100 characters or less otherwise the results will not mean anything. Besides, we don't do grammar checking, because it's impossible to do it right without a lot of false positives. You should try loading the sample text for a small sample.

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9yr ago

@rmihalcea Understandable. It's a bit confusing though, because nothing happens and it says "no issues detected". Maybe think about displaying a hint like "please type more than 100 characters for analyzing" instead?

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9yr ago

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Maker

@thomas_aull Yes. We're still polishing :) Thank you for the feedback!

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9yr ago

TimeFerret

I tried it out and it seems to work nicely. It caught one of my weasel words and suggested an alternative, but the Ctrl+Space to replace the weasel word did not work out. Also, the pomodoro timer and background white noise are a nice touch. I'm looking to use this in addition to Hemingway :)

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9yr ago

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@subhashinim Thank you for your feedback! May I ask what os/Browser are you using?

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9yr ago

TimeFerret

@rmihalcea I'm on Sierra/Chrome

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9yr ago

Write Invisible

This is a really good writing app. I would suggest marketing as that, while the checker gets some attention. I like the direction and intent of the checker and wish you all the luck. Less and focused suggestions would be great, but none makes me feel like the app is not doing its work.

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9yr ago

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