Addictive Software has been producing tools for Borland Platforms since
1996, specialising in spell checking and related products. It is based
in the United States and has a support team in Australia.
Addict is a professional native VCL component suite that provides
end-to-end solutions for adding spelling check and thesaurus support to
your applications. The Addict component suite includes many components
and routines, but the core of its functionality is:
Spelling Check - The timeless dialog-based
process of checking text, suggesting replacements for misspelled words
and allowing a user to act upon each potential problem.
Live-Spelling - A slightly more modern
solution of identifying misspelled words with wavy red underlines and
allowing a user to act upon each identified problem with a context menu.
Thesaurus - The ability for a user to lookup a word, examine its synonyms and choose an appropriate replacement.
API - A complete set of APIs allowing for text
parsing, dictionary lookup, text corrections, misspelling suggestions,
thesaurus contexts and more.