The North-West University is a vendor to Microsoft for spelling checkers for Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Setswana and Sesotho sa Leboa.

This spelling checker has been developed through cooperation between the North-West University, University of Pretoria and UNISA.

It has been validated by the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB).

In isiXhosa there are many dialects and variances of the language. This spelling checker has been developed for the standard written variant of isiXhosa, as it is used in South Africa, and described in the Terminology and Orthography No. 3 of 1980. Therefore the spelling checker will mark dialectical words as errors.

This spelling checker includes a hyphenator that brakes down long words at the end of a line. A very useful tool for page layout.