Javascript & spellchecking

[fintan]

Hi I looking for a spellchecker written in javascript (preferable free) That will check the spelling on a form before it is submitted and can be applied to a specific area like a text box.
Thanks.

fin.

[DaveAtIFG]

This search [google.com] turned up some promising results. Can anyone offer additional suggestions?

[txbakers]

I thought about this one, and am overwhelmed by the possibilities. Checking for a 5 digit zipcode or 10 digit phone number is one thing, but to load an entire dictionary into javascript to download to the client machine seems a bit on the heavy-handed side.

If there are certain words you want to check for, you can do that easily enough, but a complete word-processor like spell checker would create an enormous download.

I wouldn't do it.

[fintan]

I don't have to take into consideration download time since I'm working on a gigabite network. Then how about an asp spellchecker. I need something to check the spelling in a form before its sent to a access database.

[andreasfriedrich]

I use GNU Aspell [aspell.sourceforge.net] from within my CMS. It is an excellent spell checker, itīs better by far than the one in MSWord.

Language bindings are available for Perl [search.cpan.org], Ruby [sourceforge.net] and PHP [php.net].

Andreas