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cnewtonne:
Basic Info

Name of app reviewedSpellCatcher PlusApp URLhttp://www.rainmakerinc.com/products/spellcatcherplus/App Version Reviewed3 (latest)Test System SpecsWinXp ProSupported OSesMac and most of Windows including VistaSupport Methodsforum and email (i.e., forum, email, phone, etc)Upgrade PolicyPolicy for upgrades. If pay per upgrade, put price here for upgradesTrial Version Available?14 day trial.Pricing Schemelite and plus version for $30 and $40, see here http://www.rainmakerinc.com/products/spellcatcherplus/difference.htmlScreencast Video URLhttp://www.rainmakerinc.com/products/spellcatcherplus/tour/Relationship btwn. Reviewer and Product REVIEWER: Just a user.

Intro:

Best I've seen in this category. It delivers on these features GLOBALLY in any application you work with:

- Check your spelling as you type
- Quickly access a  Dictionary and Thesaurus  so you can find just the right word when you need it...
- Helps you to type much faster by expanding shortcuts you've created into phrases.
- Performs checking on text selections that you've already typed.
- Processes text selections including counting the number of words, sentences, capitalizing sentences, removing multiple spaces, search and replace text strings, get statistics, convert case and more.
- spell Catcher is also a multi-lingual tool. It can check your words if you're working in nine different languages.
- Spell Catcher waits in the back ground until you want it, not taking up valuable screen space

See here for more details http://www.rainmakerinc.com/products/spellcatcherplus/

SCREENSHOT OF APP INTERFACE HERE
http://www.rainmakerinc.com/products/spellcatcherplus/tour/

Who is this app designed for:

Anyone who uses a keyboard.


The Good


- It does what it says it can and does it very well.
- Used it for > 2 years. Stable and performing. Do not remember it crashing on me once.
- GLOBAL is global. It always worked in all applications I've used. Never had issues. You can selectively disable it on a any application you like too.
- Feature full. The option panel has at least over 100 different options.
- Developer is responsive via forums.


The needs improvement section


- development has been slow. No major updates over a year now except for a interim one for IE7 and vista compatibility.
- Some features can benefit from some improvements like the application executions lists.
- text expansion does not support RTF


Why I think you should use this product

- Offers 5 major text manipulation features, all in one package. Will never find these features in one app.
- Check spelling in any application as you type it and if already typed too.
- Run format scripts on any text e.g. remove line breaks, capitalize first letter, do a character count and much more.
- shorthand expansion is nicest I've seen. show a little popup for you to see before accepting it.


How does it compare to similar apps
- this Comparison applies on the ones I listed below.

- None has this many features.
- None offers stability and performance I've seen in this one.

This is what I tested with  ...

http://www.isota.com/product/4_3.asp
http://www.tech-pro.net/as-u-type.html
http://www.wamasoft.com/index.htm?app
http://www.humanized.com/products/enso/words/
http://www.flashpeak.com/
http://www.spellcheckanywhere.com/default.asp
http://www.spellex.com/support/custsvce_sa.htm#How%20does%20Spellex%20Anywhere%20work?
http://www.smartlinkcorp.com/new/spellink-2002-english-IN99101-info.html?cat=Proofing%20Tools&plat=Windows%20NT/2000/XP&lang=English
http://www.alcodasoftware.com/spell-magic.htm
http://zwliang.bizhat.com/p_screen_shot.htm
http://www.whitesmoke.com/landing_flash/grammer.html
http://www.crossword-compiler.com/

Conclusions

Best in breed software

mouser:
may i request you always attach at least 1 screenshot, hopefully more?
makes it easier to blog.

cnewtonne:
acknowledged.

Ruffnekk:
Nice review, but please remove the various default template texts from the header  :up:

mouser:
and add the screenshot plz!

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