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Instant Text V Pro - more than the usual features of a text expander

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rjbull:
someone who doesn't think they need such an application -- I guess I'm just a stickler for improving my typing speed :)
-allen (March 05, 2006, 10:04 PM)
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Allen,

It's not just typing speed, it's the monotony of typing the same thing over and over, and in my case at least, a means of entering things in a standard format. That even includes words I'm apt to routinely misspell...  And, don't forget that most of these programs aren't limited to expanding just single words.  A short-form trigger can expand to whole paragraphs.  If you need those sort of features, a shorthand expander can be invaluable.

imtrobin:
this may be a ripe category for a freeware/donationware alternative..  maybe harrie can tell us about what a perfect tool for this would look like, and try to think if there are any features that are missing in these tools that would be nice to have.
-mouser (March 05, 2006, 09:50 PM)
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It will be good if you will have time to code this up. I have been looking at  these types of applications before, only IntelliComplete is the best.

Speed typing are split into three categories - text expander,  text correction, and text completion.

Text Expander - Many programs of these types around. Idea is using a id to expand into a full sentence. e.g type "fyi" will expand to "For Your Information"

Text Correction. One example is AsUType http://www.asutype.com/
. It corrects the word while you type. Useful but not as useful as text completion.

Text Completion - This is where IntelliComplete is different from other programs. It predicts the text based on dictionary. Example, you type 'he', then it will present 'hell', hello', helicopter' etc. It also offers text expander.

The only problem with IntelliComplete it has a threading bug which causes it to stop working after a few hours and it's caret detection doesn't work well with all programs.

The similar programs I have seen are

http://www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/
http://www.wamasoft.com/autotyping/

However, their speed and memory usage are not as good IntelliComplete, though they don't suffer from the same bugs.

If you can replicate IntelliComplete without the bugs, it will be excellent. For your information, they have their autocomplete editor at

http://www.flashpeak.com/inted/inted.htm

kimmchii:
i have used IntelliComplete (ver3.3) for more than a year and i can run for for weeks and weeks continuously without any problem or having the need to restart.
and it's caret detection works well for me too in Firefox, notepad, MS word, excel, OE, i havent come across an application that conflict with it.

imtrobin:
The caret only works on simple editbox. Try Emeditor from  www.emeditor.com and see if that works. That doesn't work for me.

Regarding the restart problem, my encounter is the prompt stops showing up and I have to restart to get it to show up. i have it set to floating mode (not docked), following cursor. What are your settings? In the yahoo mailing list, I read someone with similar behaviour so I'm not alone..

kimmchii:
yes, you're right, it doesnt work in Emeditor, but it works in Ultraedit (the most powerful text editor) and i am happy.

i also have it set to floating mode, following cursor, i post some screehshots here:

Instant Text V Pro - more than the usual features of a text expander
Instant Text V Pro - more than the usual features of a text expander
Instant Text V Pro - more than the usual features of a text expander

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