| Virastyar | |
| Developer: | Omid Kashefi |
| Latest Release Version: | 3.5 |
| Latest Preview Version: | 4.0 Beta |
| Programming Language: | C#, Visual Basic for Applications |
| Operating System: | Windows |
| Platform: | Microsoft Word, .NET Framework, Visual Studio Tools for Applications |
| Size: | 59.1 MB |
| Language: | Persian |
| Genre: | Spell checker, plug-in |
| License: | GNU General Public License |
Virastyar (Persian: ویراستیار, meaning "editing assistant") is a Persian add-in for Microsoft Word that performs Persian spell checking, character standardization, Pinglish transliteration, punctuation correction and calendar conversion.[1] It can conjugate approximately 46,000 simple verb tense, and use inflection and morphological rules to recognize possible extensions of a word.[2] It covers approximately 2,800 non-verbal inflections for nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, numerals, classifiers, and pronouns.[3]
Virastyar is mostly coded in Microsoft Visual C# using .NET Framework and is a free software, released under the GNU General Public License.[4]