ORFO explained

ORFO
Developer:	Informatic LLC
Latest Release Version:	ORFO 2016
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux
Genre:	Spell checker, Grammar checker
License:	Proprietary software

ORFO (Russian: «ОРФО») is one of the oldest and most popular programs in the Russian spelling.^{[1] [2]} It also provides grammar check and style, makes autosummary of document, shows definition of word, displays possible synonyms and antonyms of the given word. It is developed by the Russian company Informatic LLC.

Since 1995 Informatic spell-checking modules are licensed by Microsoft Corp. and incorporated into Localized Russian MS Office until 2010. Since the version of Microsoft Office 2010, developer has abandoned the use of embedded ORFO in the office suite.

There is free online version of ORFO available.^[3]

ORFO was also mentioned in 2003 Technical Guidelines for United Nations Internet Publishing.^[4]

ORFO has full support for the Cyrillic letter Yo ⟨Russian: Ё⟩.^[5]

Supported products

Another popular company PROMT uses ORFO in its translation products.^[6]

Ritlabs has supported ORFO in its product The Bat! since 2014.^[7] ORFO also supports LibreOffice.^{[8] [9]}

Available languages

ORFO supports 8 languages: Russian, Ukrainian,^[10] English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian.

See also

• Yo
• Yoficator
• Hunspell

Notes and References

1. Web site: ComputerPress. archive.org . March 1996 .
2. Natural language software registry (second edition). Saarland University and State Library . 2014 . 10.22028/D291-25412 . Hinkelman . Elizabeth . Vonerden . Markus . Jung . Christoph .
3. Web site: Online ORFO. OFRO.
4. Web site: Technical Guidelines for United Nations Internet Publishing. unhabitat.
5. Web site: ОРФО 2016. informatic.
6. Web site: Comparison. PROMT.
7. Web site: The Bat! on Touch Screen . Ritlabs.
8. Web site: Libre-beta. informatic.
9. Web site: ORFO releases beta proofing for Libre Office on Linux. sudonull.
10. Book: Digital Humanities Workshop . ACM. 2021 . 10.1145/3526242.3526248 . Drahushchak . Ihor O. . Taran . Oksana S. . Bybyk . Svitlana P. . Saban . Olesya V. . Sharmanova . Natalia M. . Software for Measuring Linguistic Literacy Rate of Students (Based on Comments Written in Ukrainian) . 56–62 . 9781450387361 . 248087458 .