[Stylist] Accessable spell checkers for all platforms including gramarly for writing class:

Fri Sep 27 13:04:11 UTC 2019

Kendra,

I studied creative writing for both my undergrad and master’s, and we were never instructed to use Grammerly. I’m now working on my MA in English, and do freelance marketing, and it’s still not something used for classes, nor do any of the companies I do work for expect me to use a platform like Grammerly. But I have heard of it, though I personally don’t know any writers using it. But I hope to hear from others about this writing platform and its accessibility. Always good to know what tools are available to you.

BTW, being able to tell a good story isn’t always synnonmous with correct spelling or grammar. Augusten Burroughs is a well-known creative nonfiction writer, and he’s apparently notorious for submitting manuscripts for publication that are full of grammar, spelling and structural errors. This tends to be an exception though; generally, editors and publishers will consider errors when reviewing a manuscript. So, it’s good to practice. But also, when first drafting a story, don’t be overly focused on it.

Bridgit

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Subject: [Stylist] Accessable spell checkers for all platforms including gramarly for writing class:

Hi ll! 

This year, I’m taking Writing 121 which is one of the uper average writing courses in my community college. As part of the class, we are suposed to use Gramarly as a tool. I have not experienced it being very accessible on the mobile platform. Does anyone know if it’s just me or is it inaccessible across the board? Also, does anyone know if it’s inaccessible on a laptop vertion? On my phone, I use an iphone SE with Voice Over and the last vertion of IOS 12. On my laptop computer, I use a Dell laptop with Windows 10, the home vertion. I also use both JAWS and NVDA. So far, I have not been impressed with the mobile vertion because I found several key buttons to be inaccessible. I could see the button but not get it to work. Other buttons were both unworkable and were not labeled. Has anyone else gotten this? Also, has anyone had any luck with avoiding the same problems on their laptop computers? Also, does anyone know of a good accessable spell checker for an iphone? I have not found one so far. Even my sighted writing teacher agreed with me that the spell checker on the IOS platform isn’t great. 

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