Hi,
The *Generalitat Valenciana* (the Valencian govenment) has recently
presented their updated SALT portal. SALT was previously a proprietary
translator/spell-checker/grammar-checker, that was used internally by the
Government and distributed to other public institutions (local governents,
etc).
Last week, they presented a new version of the portal, with a brand new
translator and spell/grammar checking experiences. And good news!
Everything based on free/open-source software. They're using Apertium [1]
to power the translator, and LanguageTool to power the spell checker.
They've been contributing back all the improvements they've done to the
dictionaries and rules: directly, by Donís - member of this list - , and
indirectly, through Prompsit and Jaume Ortolà - thanks a lot for working so
hard to improve the language pair! And even if they are not forced by the
licene, they are also acknowledging the technology powering their new
portal.
IMHO, this is a very good example of use of free/open-source software by a
public administration, and a clear *win* for Apertium as a project.
[1] http://www.salt.gva.es/
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