AUTOCORRECT: Built into Word.
Comment: Not designed to be an
expander but can be used as one. According to Microsoft Support, "Since
the AutoCorrect feature uses the 64K local memory heap allocated to Word,
inserting large numbers of AutoCorrect entries may result in an 'Out of
memory' error message." Each AC entry uses a minimum of 4 bytes. A figure
of 7000 AC entries is cited as "large" and could cause the error message.
QUICKCORRECT: Built into WordPerfect.
Comment: Not designed to be an
expander but can be used as one. With large number of entries, some
users say it tends to "disappear".
ABBREVIATE!
Words+, 1220 West Avenue J, Lancaster,
CA 93534-2902
Phone: 805 723 6523. Fax: 805 723 2114
Email: info@abbreviate.com
Web: Abbreviate!
Price: $50
Comment: A basic expander.
ASUTYPE AND AUTOCORRECT PLUS
Fanix Software, PO Box 6435,
St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia QLD 4067
Email: info@fanix.com
Web: Fanix
Software
Price: Asutype $40.
Comment: Award-winning software.
Strong on spell checking. Offers basic text expansion, multiple clipboards
and other capabilities.
INSTANT TEXT
Textware Solutions, 58 Lexington
Street, Burlington, MA
Phone: 800 355 5251, 781 272
3200. Fax: 781 272 1432
Email: support@textware.com
Web: Instant
Text - Textware Solutions
Forum: Instant Text Forum
Price: $189.
Comment: The
most
powerful text expander and the one offering the most features. Has
a longer
learning curve but offers by far the highest productivity because of
its
unique capability to generate phrases and "Continuations" - it displays
the most probable words and phrases as you type, based on past
work.
Extremely reliable. Highly customizable. Strong import
capability
of abbreviation lists from other sources. Offers free and
commercial third party glossaries. Has a version that works with
WordPerfect 5.1 Click
here for information on the ABCZ Typing Assistant glossaries for Instant
Text
PHRASE EXPRESS
Bartels Media GmbH, Im Treff 20, 54296 Trier, Germany
Web: PhraseExpress
Forum: PhraseExpress forum
Price: Free for personal use. $50 for commercial version.
Comment: Award-winning
text expander, clipboard manager, program launcher, spell checker,
macro utility, and email automator.
QUIKSCRIPTS - Metadigm LLC
Web: QuikScripts
Price: $80 for a single
"Standard Unlock".
Platform: Windows but "this version
does not function properly on Windows ME".
Comment: Similar to FlashForward
but put out by a different company.
QUICK-TYPE
Web: Quick-Type
Price: $30. Or $15 downloaded.
Comment: A basic expander
which claims to work in any Windows application. Claims to be the "world's only typing automation tool".
SHORT CUT
Health Technologies, Inc., 28200-B
Lassiter Road, Suite 150, Marietta, GA 30062
Phone: 800 648 0665, 770
640 1220. Fax: 770 640 1102
Web: Short
Cut
Price: Windows $100
Comment: Basic 2-column
expander, will import 2-column text file. Has DOS version.
SHORTHAND FOR WINDOWS
OfficeSoft LLC, 517 Cobb Court,
La Puente, CA 91746
Email: help@pcshorthand.com
Web: ShortHand
for Windows
Price: $100. Also offers monthly
subscription ($6 for 30 days).
Comment: Christopher Lim's
award-winning software. One of the few expanders to offer extensive visual
advisories: a handy movable, resizable 9 entry on-screen display
advisory window. Can import lists from other expanders. Can use scripting
commands. Third-party word lists are available.
Click
here for information on ABCZ files for use with Shorthand.
Referral
site for purchase of Shorthand for Windows
SHORT KEYS 98
Insight Software Solutions, P.O.
Box 106, Kaysville, Utah 84037-0106
Phone: 801 927 5009. Fax: 801 927 5001
Email: info@wintools.com
Web: Short
Keys
Price: $20
Comment: Inexpensive
2-column expander offering 'extras' such as a 'hint window', suffix creation
(a la PRD), and international symbol support.
STEDMAN'S SMARTYPE
Narratek, 46 Hyslop Road, Brookline,
MA 02445
Phone: 617 566 1066
Email: info@narratek.com
Web: Narratek
Platform: Windows: Word
2000, 2002/XP, 20032. DOS: WP5.1, WP5.1+.
Price: $220. Mary Morken
Abbreviation System Add-On: $50.
Comment: Powerful word
completion/expander system. Has excellent large medical vocabulary
(does not support other 'third-party vocabularies'). Displays 10 possible
choices on screen as you type using the convenient SmartLine and SmartList.
SPEEDTYPE AND FLASH FORWARD
Phone: 800 577 6665
Voicemail: 925 940 9545
Email: betsy@speedtype.com
Web: Speedtype
Platform: Speedtype: Windows.
Flash Forward: DOS and WP 5.1
Price: Speedtype $200.
Word list conversion: $20 per list. Big Word List: $30. Flash Forward (DOS)
: $100.
Comment: According to the
Speedtype web site, Speedtype is an upgrade to its predecessor, FlashForward.
According to the Shorthand for Windows web site, Speedtype is a "retail
version of Shorthand that offers telephone support and an upgrade path
for FlashForward." SpeedType and Shorthand use the same file format but
Speedtype costs twice as much.
SWIFT TEXT EXPANDER
Bytescribe Development, PO Box
36183, Birmingham, AL 35236
Phone: 205 967 3997
Email: postmaster@bystescribe.com
Web: SwiftText
Expander
Price: $49
Comment: Also known as
Abbreviation Expander. 2-column expander with custom (short-form long-form)
entries, dictionary entries and shortcuts (e.g. launch programs or web
sites).
Newer, lesser known shareware,
etc.:
Autotyping 2.0 ($40)
http://www.wamasoft.com/autotyping/
Auto Type Deluxe 4.1
http://www.vsisystems.com/
Direct Access ($50)
http://www.nagarsoft.com/
From their web site: "Direct Access is a powerful text expander,
application launcher tool, providing instant access to your data by
typing an abbreviation, in any application."
Easy Script ($80) Offers interesting comments on other expanders. Offers a variety of products besides an expander.
http://www.easyscript.com/uses/transcription.asp
FastFox Typing Expander
http://www.filebuzz.com/fileinfo/20792/FastFox_Typing_Expander.html
Flash Expander 2.1
http://www.filetransit.com/view.php?id=9522
LetMeType (free)(not supported)
http://www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/
The
Transcription Assistant (NOT an ABCZ product)
http://www.rocketdownload.com/program/the-transcription-assistant-4852.htmlt)
Typfast ($25). Has 26K word list
http://www.shareup.com/TypFast-download-3297.htm
Typing Assistant (English) (NOT an ABCZ product)
http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=907945)
[WP EXPAND
Productive Performance,31820
NE 103rd St., Carnation, WA 98014-9710
Phone: 425 788 8300
Email: productive@foxinternet.com
Platform: DOS WP 5.0, 5.1,6.0
Price: $30.
Comment: Also offer counting
facility, WP macros, formats.]
List updated: March 2009