Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts

Corrects common German transcriptions like frueher to use the proper Umlaut ü (früher). Requires access to websites to correct typing in input boxes. All data is processed locally and is not sent to remote servers!
What is Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts?
Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts is a Firefox add-on that corrects common German transcriptions by replacing two letter combinations to their proper Umlaut-form using machine learning.

Add-on stats

By: Florian
Users: 28
Rating: 3.33 (3)
Version: 0.0.12resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2018-06-24
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 61.00K
URLs: Website

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Umlauter: automatically add Umlauts (v0.0.11)
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Add-on summary

Try typing something like "Kuehe" in a textbox followed by a space or period to see it corrected! Useful when typing German on US-keyboards.

On computer systems that don't support them, German words like "Erklärung" are often written as "Erklaerung" to avoid the use of diacritic letters. Though this is readable, it looks odd. An easy solution would be to replace all two letter combinations to their proper Umlaut-form and though this fixes 100% of potential words, there are too many false positives (for example the word "neue" would never be written "neü"). This project uses machine learning to predict if a substitution should be made.

User reviews

Not useful for people that use two languages all the time. Works on some words, but unfortunately also works on English, making guess to güss (no such word in German)
by Olga-from-volga, 2020-10-26

Sehr angenehm, aber nicht perfekt. Aber das bisschen nacharbeiten ist dann selten genug. Beispiel: Quelle wurde zu Qülle. Eher eine 19/20 als eine 4/5... :D

Sehr angenehm um auf US-Tastaturen zu schreiben!
by tplaccnt, 2018-06-28
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