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Getting word frequencies by lexical class: Nalaprop gets more useful

Now generates list of words used and their frequencies, grouped according to lexical class. Want to discover all the proper nouns or names in a document, for example?

October 1, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Mojave’s Linguistic Support: a promising start

Includes five major languages in depth: English, French, Spanish, German, and Russian. Here’s an app to explore its power, and a 20-language test file.

September 27, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

RIP APLX, and welcome Dyalog APL for OS X

APLX, the OS X implementation of one of the oldest and most controversial computer languages, is no more. Long live Dyalog APL for OS X.

July 16, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Support for Celtic and other languages

What OS X and browser support is there for Scottish Gaelic and other Celtic tongues?

July 14, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Translation aids

Are there any cheap or free tools that might help me translate a large collection of French stories into English?

July 14, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Words on Macs: 5 Spot the difference

Tools to take two (or more) documents, work out the differences between them, reveal those in a manner which allows their review, and allow you to apply selected changes found in one document to the other.

April 1, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Words on Macs: 4 Command and control

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Have you ever had a word processor freeze on you, trashing your work? Or has an editor asked you to make changes, then changed their mind again? You should use version control.

March 30, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Words on Macs: 3 From text to documents

Once acquired, text needs to be structured and formatted. This guides you through different formats and editing options.

March 25, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Words on Macs: 2 Every Keystroke Counts

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This second article considers how text is entered into your Mac: mainly by the keyboard, but also briefly covers speech and scanned input.

March 23, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Words on Macs: 1 Code-Breaking with Unicode

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In the first of a series, this explains how Macs work with Unicode, how to get the best out of that, and how to fix its problems.

March 20, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

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