It appears that the software used by this blog is rejecting an unnecessarily  large proportion of postings. We are trying to remedy this as a matter of urgency. Meanwhile, if you wish to post comments about the IESC generally or about the various schemes shortlisted by the Expert Commission, you can use the Saundspel Group Discussion Forum or Reddit.

This thread is devoted to discussion of Traditional Spelling Revised, one of the six schemes shortlisted by the Expert Commission. The IESC participants will choose one of these schemes as the preferred alternative to Traditional English Spelling following the second session of the IESC to be held later this year. The author of the scheme, Stephen Linstead, is happy to respond to queries and comments directed to this thread.

This thread is devoted to discussion of Soundspel, one of the six schemes shortlisted by the Expert Commission. The IESC participants will choose one of these schemes as the preferred alternative to Traditional English Spelling following the second session of the IESC to be held later this year. Mark Petersen, one of the co-authors, is happy to respond to queries and comments directed to this thread.

This thread is devoted to discussion of  RichSpel-Short, one of the six schemes shortlisted by the Expert Commission. The IESC participants will choose one of these schemes as the preferred alternative to Traditional English Spelling following the second session of the IESC to be held later this year. The author of the scheme, Richard Kilner, is happy to respond to queries and comments directed to this thread.

This thread is devoted to discussion of RichSpel-Long, one of the six schemes shortlisted by the Expert Commission. The IESC participants will choose one of these schemes as the preferred alternative to Traditional English Spelling following the second session of the IESC to be held later this year. The author of the scheme, Richard Kilner, is happy to respond to queries and comments directed to this thread.

This thread is devoted to discussion of Readscript , one of the six schemes shortlisted by the Expert Commission. The IESC participants will choose one of these six schemes as the preferred alternative to Traditional English Spelling following the second session of the IESC to be held later this year. The author of the scheme, J D Garcia, is happy to respond to queries and comments directed to this thread.

This thread is devoted to discussion of  Lytspel, one of the six schemes shortlisted by the Expert Commission. The IESC participants will choose one of these six schemes as the preferred alternative to Traditional English Spelling following the second session of the IESC to be held later this year. The author of the scheme, Christian Siefkes, is happy to respond to queries and comments directed to this thread.

This thread is dedicated to discussion of the six alternative spelling schemes shortlisted by the Expert Commission for submission to the reconvened IESC. The names of these schemes and their texts will be made available shortly.

This thread is for comment on the IESC after its first session on 30 May. A full recording of the first session (including the Open Session) is available via the ‘Congress’ page of this website. On the whole, I think we had a good first session. There were some initial technical problems, chiefly over audio. However, most participants seem to have managed to overcome these without too much difficulty. We shall be examining such glitches as occurred and will be trying to ensure that they do not recur at the Second Session in 2019. There was a good exchange of ideas and comments during the open session. These were mainly effected through participants typing in text. I endeavoured to answer as many of these as po ...

This category is for general comment on the International English Spelling Congress.