I know that I'm a bit late, but I found that tinySpell seems to be a good stand-alone spell checker. It’s not perfect, but it’s generally good.
On Saturday, March 16, 2013 4:00:09 AM UTC-5, Randy Petty wrote:
I think that this is a very good program for organizing thoughts and ideas. It has been very handy with many of my projects, One feature that would be nice is Spell Checking. As it is I find myself using Google for spelling corrections and Abiword for proof reading, Spell Checking would be a very useful addition to The Guide.