Need a way to include large medical dictionary in a Windows 8 app

Question

I'm currently in the process of building a large Windows 8 line of business app for a medical organization that needs a custom medical dictionary for spell checking. We've looked into adding a custom.dic to the C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-US folder, and while this works there seems to be a size constraint.

Does anyone have any advice on how to overcome this or thought on a third party that might make this easier?

Answer 1

Hi,

You are right, there are general size restriction on roaming data stored.

I suggest you can try these methods:

1. You can use Webservice to store and access your file.

2. You can add the file to your project and make the file contain in package.

3. You can let user download the file in Documentlibrary, and make your app can use Storage class or FilePicker to access the file.

Best Wishes!

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Answer 2

I was hoping to be able to incorporate the spelling dictionary into Windows 8's auto-spell check so I would have to implement any custom code for this functionality. Do you know if this is still possible given the methods you described?

Answer 3

Hi,

There is no direct API to make auto-spell checking in windows 8. You can implements WINRT component wrapper over C++ SpellChecker library which can be used for basic spelling checks.

Here is a sample you can refer to:

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/SpellChecker-C-9cbafc40

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Answer 4

We have the exact same requirement of providing a large dictionary of medical terms into a Windows 8.1 Store app. Could you please point me to the right direction in terms of documentation on the SpellChecker API?

I have already seen the solution in this thread (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/SpellChecker-C-9cbafc40) and the code samples for Spell Check Provider (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/Spell-checking-provider-4cbec195/) and Spell Check Client (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/Spell-checking-client-aea0148c).

But I am still clueless as to how to make the dictionary look into an additional file of valid terms apart from the regular en-US built-in terms.

Thank you!