Role of Positional Error Analysis in Automatic Text Error Correction of Punjabi

Positional analysis of typed text is useful in Natural Language Interfaces, spellchecker, OCR and language related technology development etc .Though considerable work has been done in the area for English and related languages, the Indian Language scenario is still far behind.. This paper focuses on the role of Positional analysis of the typed text in automatic text error correction in Punjabi, the world's 14th most widely spoken language, giving a statistical report about the role of naveen group, phonetically similar character pairs, shifted and unshifted modes of typing in language. Analysis is done on 20000 misspelled words generated by typists.