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Does spell-checking software need a warning label?

Published: 01 July 2005 Publication History
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    Users---ironically, often those most verbally armed---put too much trust and little effort in questioning spell- and grammar-checking programs.

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    cover image Communications of the ACM
    Communications of the ACM  Volume 48, Issue 7
    Designing for the mobile device
    July 2005
    92 pages
    ISSN:0001-0782
    EISSN:1557-7317
    DOI:10.1145/1070838
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