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Bill Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:07:11 -0400
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You can get it here: http://www.typeit4me.com/

 $27, 25 euro or £16 for a single user licence fee (but that includes installing it on all of your Macs, if you own more than one)

Personally, I consider TypeIt4Me to be the single most useful productivity utility I use.

- web


At 8:47 AM -0600 1/15/07, John A.M. Darnell wrote:
>Dear Mr. Briggs:
>
>   You forgot two very important pieces of information:  the price and
>where we can get said software...
>
>R,
>
>John A.M. Darnell
>Project Leader
>Internal Software Development
>Walsworth Publishing Company
>John may also be reached at johnamdarnell (at) gmail dot com
>
>Question:  In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, English version, who
>played the voice of the Ent, Fangorn?
>
>
>
>
>Bill Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent by: Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
>01/14/2007 02:02 PM
>Please respond to
>Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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>To
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>Subject
>FYI - new TypeIt4Me feature of interest to scripters
>
>
>Afternoon folks.
>
> Finally I get to expose this on the list.
>
> I'm going to give a bit of a shameless product plug, but I have no
>financial stake in the product. Just a satisfied user and beta tester who
>got the nod from the developer today to make the feature public on the
>scripting lists. And since this is the audience that would have an
>interest in the latest feature, here we go.
>
> If any of you are TypeIt4Me users you might be interested to know that
>the latest version will allow you to run AppleScripts by typing a mnemonic
>of your choosing. I've been using a working version of this for about
>three + months now and it's pretty convenient.
>
> Type it for me normally acts as a typing expander; for example, when I
>type "sor" my Mac spits out "Sorry for the delay in replying." You set up
>your own expansions list and the abbreviations you want to use to trigger
>them. It'll also do date and time stamps and other convenient things.
>
> But the new version allows you to put in AppleScripts in the text
>expansion field and when preceded by a special character (to indicate to
>TypeIt4Me that it's an AppleScript), your script runs. For example, in my
>setup typing "gg" followed by a space pulls up a browser window with the
>Google main page. I've been using numerous other such expansions.
>
> I've used TypeIt4Me for about 8 years now and it has saved me from typing
>millions of characters. Now it's even more useful as many of my frequently
>used scripts can be triggered from any application by typing a mnemonic.
>No nee to touch a mouse and doesn't involve F-keys. Just leave your
>fingers on the home position and type the shorthand. Pretty convenient.
>
> That's all I wanted to say. If you're not already using a typing expander
>it's well worth a look.
>
> - web
>
>(cross posted to the MacScripting list)

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