cia spellcheck
2016
Java application, OpenOffice extension, files for use with existing Firefox plug-in
See documentation on GitHub.
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A modified version of LanguageTool’s fully-functional open source grammar and spell-checking program, CIA Spellcheck applies the eighth edition of the CIA’s Style Manual & Writers Guide for Intelligence Publications to daily communication, revealing how a highly secretive government agency approaches language and history.
I’ve created versions to use stand-alone (Java application), with a text editor (OpenOffice), and with a web browser (Firefox). Scroll down for downloads.
In 2016, text from "The Library of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges was run through CIA Spellchecker and included in "My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days," an online exhibition curated by Osman Can Yerebakan and AC Institute. Subsequent texts run through the spellchecker include the Bible’s “The Library of Babel” and a passage about Newspeak from George Orwell’s 1984.
OpenOffice extension
OpenOffice extension
OpenOffice extension
OpenOffice extension
Firefox plug-in
Firefox plug-in
Firefox plug-in
Firefox plug-in
Desktop version
Desktop version
Desktop version
The Library of Babel (English Std. Version)
George Orwell's 1984 (1 of 5)
George Orwell's 1984 (2 of 5)
George Orwell's 1984 (3 of 5)
George Orwell's 1984 (4 of 5)
George Orwell's 1984 (5 of 5)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (1 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (2 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (3 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (4 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (5 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (6 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (7 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (8 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (9 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (10 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (11 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (12 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (13 of 14)
Jorge Luis Borges's The Tower of Babel (14 of 14)
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Java application
OpenOffice extension
Firefox plug-in