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|| '''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''
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Welcome
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Learning Objectives
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* Create functions to identify spelling and grammar errors
* Implement text processing techniques in Python
* Create a '''GUI application '''with a text area and buttons
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System Requirements

'''Ubuntu Linux OS 22.04'''

'''Python 3.12.3'''

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* '''Ubuntu Linux OS version 22.04'''</div>
* '''Python 3.12.3'''</div>
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Prerequisite

[https://www.spoken-tutorial.org/ https:/spoken-tutorial.org]
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* You must have basic knowledge of using '''Linux Terminal and Python'''
* For pre-requisite '''Linux and Python Tutorials''', please visit this website
* '''Python '''libraries required for '''automation '''must be installed
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Code files
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* The files used in this tutorial are provided in the '''Code''''''files''' link.

*Please download and extract the files.

*Make a copy and then use them while practicing.
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Spelling and Grammar Checker - GUI
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Spelling and Grammar Checker
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* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">The checker will refer to an inbuilt dictionary to identify wrong spellings</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">It will use '''language_tool_python''' to recognize incorrect grammar and suggest corrections</div>
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Spelling and Grammar Checker - Libraries
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* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''Language_tool_python '''provides grammar and style checking capabilities.</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''NLTK '''is a '''library '''for text processing and natural language understanding tasks.</div>
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Spelling and Grammar Checker - Libraries
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* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''re '''module''' '''helps to manipulate '''strings '''based on patterns using '''regular expressions'''.</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''tkinter '''is the standard '''GUI toolkit '''for '''Python'''.</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''docx''' is for reading and writing Microsoft Word files.</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''Fitz (PyMuPDF)''' is for reading PDF files</div>

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If not, please install using the below commands.
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import re
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import scrolledtext, filedialog
from nltk.corpus import words
import nltk
import language_tool_python
import docx
import fitz
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This helps to create scrollable text areas and file dialogs.

It also provides access to Python’s inbuilt spelling dictionary and grammar library.
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try:

nltk.download('words')
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This '''corpus''' has a large collection of English words used for spell-checking.
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except Exception as e:

print(f"NLTK Download Error: {e}")
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try:

tool = language_tool_python .LanguageTool('en-US')
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It checks grammar and style according to '''US English'''.
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except language_tool_python.ServerException as e: print(f"Language Tool Initialization Error: {e}")
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def checkSpelling(text):
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wordList = set(words.words())
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A set will allow for faster look-up.
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misspelled = []
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for word in re.findall(r'\b\w+\b', text):
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'''re.findall''' method finds all words in the text using '''regular expressions'''.
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if word.lower() not in wordList:

misspelled.append(word)

return misspelled
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If the '''word''' is not found in the '''wordList''', it is added to the '''misspelled''' list.
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def checkGrammar(text):
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matches = tool.check(text) return matches
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We store the result of the grammar check in a variable named '''matches'''.
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def checkText():
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text = textArea.get("1.0", tk.END)
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“1.0”
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It points to the beginning of the first line.
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spellingErrors = checkSpelling(text)

grammarErrors = checkGrammar(text)
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result = "Spelling Errors:\n"

if spellingErrors:

result += ", ".join(spellingErrors)

else: result += "None"
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result += "\n\nGrammar Errors:\n"
if grammarErrors:
for match in grammarErrors:
result += f"{match.context} -> {match.message}\n"
else: result += "None"
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If no errors are found, the word '''None''' is appended to '''result'''.
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resultArea.config(state=tk.NORMAL)
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In the '''config method '''set the '''state '''to '''tk dot NORMAL '''to make the result area editable.

This will allow the program to print the error results in the result area.
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resultArea.delete("1.0", tk.END)
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resultArea.insert(tk.END, result)
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resultArea.config(state=tk.DISABLED)
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def uploadFile():
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It reads the file content, and inserts it into the text area.
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file_path = filedialog.askopen filename(filetypes=[("Text files", "*.txt"), ("Word documents", "*.docx"), ("PDF files", "*.pdf")])
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filetypes=[("Text files", "*.txt"), ("Word documents", "*.docx"), ("PDF files", "*.pdf")]
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if file_path:
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if file_path.endswith(".txt"):

with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:

text = file.read()
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If yes, then we open the file in '''read '''mode with '''UTF-8''' encoding.

Then we read the entire content of the file into the variable '''text'''.
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elif file_path.endswith(".docx "): doc = docx.Document(file_ path) text = '\n'.join([para.text for para in doc.paragraphs])
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Open the '''word '''document using the '''docx '''library.

We then join all the content into the variable '''text'''.
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elif file_path.endswith(".pdf"):

pdf_document = fitz.open (file_path) text = ""

for page_num in range(pdf_ document.page_count):

page = pdf_document.load_ page(page_num)

text += page.get_text()
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Open the '''PDF '''file using the '''fitz '''library.

Content from each page of the '''PDF '''is appended to the variable '''text'''.
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textArea.delete("1.0", tk.END)

textArea.insert(tk.END, text)
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Then we insert the content of the file into the text area.
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root = tk.Tk()

root.title("Spelling and Grammar Checker")
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'''root dot title''' sets the title of the window.
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textArea = scrolledtext.ScrolledText(root, wrap=tk.WORD, width=60, height=15)
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textArea.pack(pady=10)
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uploadButton = tk.Button (root, text="Upload", command=uploadFile)

uploadButton.pack(pady=5)
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command=uploadFile
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checkButton = tk.Button(root, text="Check", command=checkText)

checkButton.pack(pady=5)
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resultArea = scrolledtext.Scro lledText(root,wrap=tk.WORD, width=60, height=15, state =tk.DISABLED)

resultArea.pack(pady=10)
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state=tk.DISABLED
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root.mainloop()
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Open terminal -

Press Ctrl + Alt + T
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Open the '''terminal''' by pressing '''Control, Alt and T '''keys simultaneously.
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source Automation/bin/activate
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Type '''source space Automation forward slash bin forward slash activate'''.

Then press '''enter'''.
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> cd Downloads

> Python3 checker.py
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<div style="color:#000000;">Next type '''python3 checker.py''' and press enter.</div>
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Tkinter window opens up on running the code


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<div style="color:#000000;">The '''tkinter window''' will pop up once the code is executed.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">As you can see, there is a '''text area''', an '''upload and check button''' and a '''result area'''.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">Let us test out our '''Spelling and Grammar checker application.'''</div>
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Hello wrold.

'''Click on check button'''

'''Highlight:'''
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<div style="color:#000000;">In the result area, we can see that the wrong spelling of '''world '''has been detected.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">Let us correct the spelling of '''world'''.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">Now click on the check button.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">We can see there are no errors.</div>
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What is you favorite lanugage

'''Click on check button'''

'''Highlight:'''

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<div style="color:#000000;">This time we can see grammar and spelling errors.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">In the result area, corrections for the errors are also suggested.</div>
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Hello world. Python is my favorite language

'''Click on check button'''

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Content in result area
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<div style="color:#000000;">The correct sentence would be '''What is your favorite language'''. (correct this first)</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">Click on '''Check'''. (then correct this)</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">Now there are no errors, so the result area displays '''None'''.</div>
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 * <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''Click on upload button'''</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''Select file type'''</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''Select file'''</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">'''Click Open'''</div>


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<div style="color:#000000;">Here we can select the type of file we want to upload.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">Let us select this '''paragraph.txt '''file and click on '''Open'''.</div>
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Content in text area

'''Click Check button'''

'''Highlight:'''

Content in result area
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<div style="color:#000000;">Click on the '''Check button'''.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">Please wait as it might take some time to process the spell check.</div>

<div style="color:#000000;">Some spelling and grammar errors are displayed in the result area.</div>
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deactivate
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Summary
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<div style="color:#000000;">In this tutorial, we have learnt to</div>
* <div style="color:#000000;margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Create functions to identify spelling and grammar errors</div>
* <div style="color:#000000;margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Implement text processing techniques in Python</div>
* <div style="color:#000000;margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Create a '''GUI application '''with a text area and buttons</div>
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Assignment
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* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Modify the '''checker.py '''and''' '''print the total number of errors in the result area.</div>
* <div style="margin-left:1.27cm;margin-right:0cm;">Hint: Use the '''len '''function to calculate the number of errors.</div>
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About the Spoken Tutorial Project
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Acknowledgement
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Thank You
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