Answer Server 25.4
Answer Server Help

# Check Spelling in Conversations

Answer Server can check the spelling of input to a conversation system. This means that if a user makes a spelling error, the conversation system can still suggest potential answers.

When a user submits input that does not trigger any tasks, Answer Server runs the spelling checker. If a spelling correction is possible and that correction would trigger one or more tasks, the user is presented with the suggested correction and a list of matching tasks through the standard disambiguation prompt.

To check spelling you must have an Content component that contains a large amount of indexed documents. The words in the conversation are checked against the words present in the index. With a sufficiently large amount of data spelling errors can be identified.

To check spelling in conversations

1. Open your configuration file in a text editor.

2. Create a new section in the configuration file and configure a spelling checker. You can give the section any name. Set the following parameters:

   Type | The type of component to use to check spelling. Set this parameter to `Content`.
   Host | The host name or IP address of the machine hosting the Content component.
   ACIPort | The ACI port of the Content component.
   LanguageType | The value to use for the `LanguageType` parameter, in `Query` actions sent to the Content component.

   For example:

       [MySpellingChecker]
       Type=Content
       Host=localhost
       ACIPort=12345
       LanguageType=englishUTF8

3. Find the configuration section for the Conversation system. In this section, set the configuration parameter SpellcheckEngine to the name of the section that you created in the previous step. For example:

       [MyConversationSystem]
       SpellcheckEngine=MySpellingChecker

4. Restart Answer Server for your configuration changes to take effect.

Copyright 2016-2025 Open Text
Version 25.4 | Last updated October 2025

Send documentation feedback

Close

Send documentation feedback

To send feedback using your default email client, open an email window.

Otherwise, send your feedback and the information below to MFI-swpdl.idoldocsfeedback@opentext.com.

We appreciate your feedback!

Product: Knowledge Discovery Answer Server 25.4

Topic Title: Check Spelling in Conversations