Suggestions: 1) Skip "Hi, may I speak with so-and-so?" and barrel right into your questions (even if it's possible that you have the wrong person) to save time. Use the fewest possible words to pose your questions. Busy impatient listing agents will appreciate it; 2) In my area some Realtors start with the first words out of their mouth "This is a broker call" which I really appreciate because it frankly doesn't matter to me which office they are affiliated with and signals to me that this person is a parsimonious communicator and not going to waste my time; 3) State upfront that you have already reviewed the material in the MLS and on the broker's own website and on the city/county/utility/HOA site or whatever and that you still have a few questions. That way they will know that you have done all the research you can do independently before calling and so really do need answers that only they can provide. This may not apply to you, but it drives me nuts when brokers call and ask questions that are already answered in the MLS and/or on my website like "Is there water (for vacant land)?" "What is the HOA?" "What is the zoning?" etc. To cope with the many calls like this, I have started entering into the MLS "The fastest way to reach the listing broker is by email, not phone" (because that's true). Then I can use the app TextExpander to answer the same question over and over again by email or just send them a link to my website where all the answers are with a few keystrokes and without tying up my phone line which I like to keep open for buyers and sellers.
I’d like to make a suggestion: check out TextExpander. Not only can you put in shortcuts, but entire blocks of text, formulas for today’s date, create fillable forms, etc. And my examples are lame, they don’t even scratch the surface of what the app can really do.
I have various amounts of emailing to do through the week, and must always use certain canned responses at one point during the conversation. I wrote out everything I needed for the response and saved it in TextExpander, where I just hit three keys ( ;+f+g) and it pops the entire script without the need to cut and paste from another app. Saves tons of time every month for me.
I also use it to take notes after conversations and phone calls (I’m not neurotypical, and if I don’t write things down they are lost forever). I just press a key combo on my Mac or iPhone, and a template that I’ve created pops up and has fillable fields that I put the persons name, what we discussed, and if I need to follow up with them. It fills in the date automatically, names the file, and I’m all set!
Thank you for building this and adding lots of great features as well as offering the lifetime option.
Do you have any plans to offer TextExpander touch support for iOS like Bear and Ulysses? Thanks.
There are no keyboard shortcuts, the developer said it would be quite difficult to build shortcuts into Standard Notes. Take a look at TextExpander: textexpander.com, it might work for you
Speaking of automatically-typed warnings, it seems like over in Apple Land we're awash in utilities to expand a few keystrokes into canned phrases, both built into OSs and third-party. How prevalent are utilities like this among Windows nerds? Not uncommon, but only a tiny minority of Windows-using mods want to bother running AutoHotkey and certainly not just for modding duties?
This is very strange. Since the behavior only occurs in a few select applications, at first glance it's likely not TextExpander.
There could be the possibility of conflicting with system autocorrect, but that doesn't seem likely. The only thing I can think of is if 1) you have TextExpander restricted to only accessing a few apps, and 2) you've subscribed to a public group that contains "teh" as an autocorrect snippet. That could possibly (but not likely) trigger a conflict with the system autocorrect?
If it helps, feel free to reach out to our Support team, and we'll be happy to help you troubleshoot it - at least to rule out anything from our end.
We'll be following this thread to see if anyone else raises a better answer. Good luck!
4th pick for shai and 6th pick
Also why is everyone saying Shai "wants to win now". Did I miss something and he made some comment? or is it just nonsense? I'm hearing it plenty in our own sub as well so it's not just dumb fans of other teams.
what I mean is when I am using an external keyboard, I would like for the TE snippets to work. Textexpander calls these ios apps Textexpander-Enhanced Apps
No no, as long as it’s the envelope within an envelope, you’re fine. Like this. You’ll be able to send it just fine like any other mail,
Your post just sounded like maybe you were trying to put the envelope you addressed to yourself in the mailbox by itself to send, so I wanted to make sure that wasn’t the case!
https://textexpander.com this is the app. They moved to a subscription payment model a couple of years ago. But I bet there are random generous people on the internet lending you their apps.
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God bless generous Internet users!
Thanks for the links -- but I read all the documentation when I first gave it a shot, and still reached the aforementioned conclusion.
Glad you found the pertinent parts of TextExpander -- I can't say I've had any trouble using the variables and options, but I'm sorry to hear you found them difficult and confusing to use.
I also can't speak to the "lots of clicking" -- my hands rarely leave the keyboard, and never on account of a TE snippet.
For filtering (https://textexpander.com/help/desktop/sort.html) and subexpressions, I find the built-in javascript and AppleScript support (https://smilesoftware.com/textexpander/entry/fun-with-textexpander-and-scripting) gives me enough flexibility to accomplish just about anything I find necessary.
All that being said: sounds like you're enjoying TeaCode, so don't let my lack of enthusiasm bum you out -- use the tools that make sense to you.
For me, I'd love to switch off TE to something else that doesn't have a subscription -- but I'm yet to see anything come close to replicating the full feature set, particularly with the iOS component. That's why I tested TeaCode in the first place -- fingers crossed in a couple years it'll be what I'm looking for.
I use TextExpander, which (it looks like) has just entered beta for Windows.
Alternatively, you might try something like SAMPA, which is designed to represent IPA using just 7-bit ASCII (lower and upper case). FWIW, at my old workplace we had to enter IPA using a keyboard, and our tools all used SAMPA (and converted/rendered as IPA). This little webpage will take a SAMPA input and will output IPA for you, should you need it (and it's all self-contained - save that html file somewhere and run it locally if you want).
Just adding to this because it works so well with weird assortments of modifiers - TextExpander is a great little app where you can launch snippets of text and code (JavaScript, AppleScript, Shell Script) using programmed keys. Same concept as remapping keys to do a thing, just with a bit more flexibility.
Thank you for the primer! I'll take another look at it and see how it all fits into my desires and capabilities.
As far as the spellcheck code you've referenced, I already have an app at the OS layer monitoring text inputs and correcting minor spelling mistakes (TextExpander - super useful for a ton of other productivity improvements and is an amazing companion for programmable keyboards). I dug into the QMK code / libraries used in autocorrect and it looks like it's doing the same thing as TextExpander. Essentially reading text inputs and replacing known strings of misspelled words with their correct counterparts.
Unfortunately, for TextExpander and the autocorrect code snippet, it's not quite a replacement for spellchecking complex, infrequently used words. I'm a home inspector and I write out my reports on web-based forms. I run into issues when I'm trying to figure out if it is 'vapor retarder' or 'vapor redardar', 'refrigerator' or 'refridgerator', 'desilvering' or 'de-silvering'. Spellcheck on Firefox identifies misspelled words inline. I was just trying to find ways activating spelling mistake correction options using the keyboard vs. right-clicking via mouse.
I might just update my snippet libraries on TextExpander for commonly misspelled terms. Def appreciate your help, though. And check out TextExpander if you haven't already.
Automating very common tasks is a huge boon to efficiency. If you do something 100 times a day and it takes you five seconds, just taking a second off of that will save you half a day over the year.
One thing that's helped a lot is TextExpander. Instead of switching to Zoom, finding my personal meeting room, switching back to wherever I want to type, and pasting it in, I just type myzoom
and it pops in there.
I also have Alfred set up so I can quickly google something or launch another app. So if I'm on a call and have a question it takes me less than a second to get more information. This makes me look really smart.
There are certain commercial tools, such as Sapling or TextExpander (as u/jontelang mentioned) that offer predefined messages that you can customise with the name and amount, which should save you quite a bit of time already. To me however, this is akin to having a separate file with some preexisting responses and you manually fill in the blanks which won't save you too much time.
If you want to take a stab at writing something to accomplish your task in Python, here's what I'd do (I'm sure there are much neater ways):
I would definitely keep the output as a draft, at least in the first few weeks/months of the script being around as you don't want to confuse your customers! There are also other considerations such as repeat offenders being sent another email or alerts of an unknown type being sent.
Best of luck!
You can build that in AHK, but you may find using hotstrings easier to manage than a GUI. TextExpander is a paid alternative
TextExpander. Allows you to set up text shortcuts for text. So when I type #addy my address gets auto completed, so if anyone asks for my address i type 5 characters and it expands the rest. When I type the first 4 characters of my email it expands the rest. I type #ph and my phone number appears instead. I had a weekly event I posted once and since the text was the same in the description I simply created a shortcut like ds1 and the description would pop up. It's much faster than cutting and pasting from notes or a clipboard app as it's literally instant as you type. It's now the first thing I install whenever I wipe my machine.
You can create new ones almost instantly with the menu bar app so anything you type repetitively can be added with a simple text shortcut.
I use Alfred on mac. So if i type !tel
i get my phone number. And #func
will create a boilerplate apps script function. On windows there is textexpander.
Hello!
FYI, the TextExpander keyboard should work on any iOS app that allows 3rd-party software keyboards. However, due to some particular restrictions in iOS, third-party software keyboards like TextExpander don't receive keystrokes from hardware keyboards such as Bluetooth keyboards or the iPad Pro Smart Cover or Folio keyboards. Because of those restrictions, when using an external hardware keyboard only apps that support the TextExpander SDK can expand abbreviations.
u/Wonderful_Buy9326 FYI, there is a workaround to use TextExpander snippets (including fill-ins and formatted snippets) with a hardware keyboard. By using Slide Over on iPadOS, you can bring up TextExpander next to the field you're typing in. That way you can drag and drop the snippets you want to expand into the active field.
If you're not seeing this work in Craft, please let us (and the Craft team) know.
We know this isn't as easy as just typing a snippet and watching it expand the way it normally does. Obviously we'd prefer all app experiences on iPads with hardware keyboards to be as easy as those with direct TextExpander integrations. We're continuing to look for ways to improve the iOS experience - thanks for bringing this up!
Hello there - very sorry for the trouble! As the OP originally posted, you might try clearing out some files:
1. Open a Finder window.
2. Hit Shift-Command-G.
3. Paste in the following:
~/Library/WebKit/
4. Delete the folder with name com.smileonmymac.textexpander.
5. Launch TextExpander.
Please give that a try - if that doesn't work, please feel free to reach out to our support team and we'll dig into it further. Thanks!
Thanks, I have attempted this, and the PS script runs locally, but again it does not install after being converted to an intunewin package.
Logs in here don't appear to show any error but company portal just says "install failed"
My PS script contains
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "
<code>https://</code>fileurl" -OutFile "filename.exe"
./filename.exe
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And the Intune win32 app install command =
powershell.exe -executionpolicy Bypass -file .\mypowershellscript.ps1
Should my PS script be start-process -FilePath ./filename.exe ?
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cheers
AHK is Windows only, Android is not Windows so... I'm not sure this is the right sub. Anyway the first result of:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Text+expander+Windows+Android
Answers what you're asking, and works for other platforms too.
It sounds like it isn't going to work perfectly because:
LO only replaces on 'words', so whitespace is required (this is an assumption, but probably correct)
you want to replace some, but not all, --.
You could use a snippet-like trigger (such as maybe ' ndsh ' to have it auto-replace with the en-dash. But, you would still have to do some find and replace to get rid of unwanted spaces.
Of course, there may be a way to do it with macros or scripts or the such, but I have never used LO macros or scripting so can't help with that.
Thinking big, you could look into a snippet / text expansion type program. I've heard good things about TextExpander (https://textexpander.com) but it costs money.
There are several free programs listed at https://alternativeto.net/software/textexpander/
I use snippets every day. They are incredibly useful, once you get used to them. Certainly, it might seem like overkill for your current needs, but once you are familiar with them, you might find many more places you can use them.
(My apologies if you already are familiar with snippets / text expansion and have ruled it out as a solution.)
That's not a shortcut, it's a key binding.
You can find them in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
. You can edit those or create an additional one.
You can also use a text expander tool like Text Expander (convenient name) or aText to assign snippits that will automatically enter text for you. For instance, you can type esym
(for Euro symbol) and it will automatically give you the "€". I use aText because the price is only $5USD and it works great.
Every other team in the NBA right now: https://textexpander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Featured_31-Recruiter-Memes-Thatll-Make-You-Laugh-1200x474.jpg
I've used https://textexpander.com/ for similar things in the past. You define your own character sequences that get automatically expanded to full snippets. It can even supply a template that you fill on the spot. For instance is we used to have a dumb mail system where only the admin could set autorereplies. I would receive a ticket with a request to set an auto reply, log in to the system, go to the right field and type ;resp on my keyboard. A small window would popup where I would just enter the dates and after accepting it would fill the field with: "Dear Sir/Madam,
I am out of office (dates I entered). I will reply to your email upon my return. In urgent matters please contact me by phone. "
I also used that for generic replies to tickets.
Best low-fi way to speed things up then would be just be text expansion software.
If you’re familiar with these, you could have an entry in the software for each client, and when triggered each of those form fields are completed in sequence by the text expansion replacement. Most support the use of tabs, so you could move from field to field.
Unfortunate your boss doesn’t appreciate automation more. Shortsighted.
If it were me and the threat of being fired wasn’t there, I would plow forward with that custom PDF though. If called out, let it be after you’ve shown you’re 35% faster than your colleagues, with a higher degree of accuracy as well, since you’ve wiped out the potential for more human error with your form customizations.
If all you are looking for is some text scaffolding that goes into a daily note on Mac OS, you could do this with something like TextExpander:
I had been using a really simple date shortcut to make my Daily Apple note header on my work machine, and will likely take the output of whatever I do on the shortcut side and port it to textexpander as well, so that I can create my daily note in either place. If/when I do that I will share here.
Personally, I only care for Android. TextEnpander seems to exist in some form for iOS, so there might be some chance: https://textexpander.com/help/mobile/intro.html If it's worth going for iOS is a totally different question, though :)
Mine is TripIt and used to be Posterous. Both teams really understand how annoyed I get to retype something that I already have in email.
<strong>TripIt</strong>. Forward your travel plans from airline, hotel, car, whatever, and Trip makes a single, unified itinerary. The app tells me what's happening next—what flight, what gate, boarding time, etc. You can publish the itinerary to your calendar so you don't double book anything. (I once accidentally booked a car for a month instead of 3 days and didn't realize until the 3-day trip showed up on my calendar as a month-long trip.)
Posterous. For most people who need a website, Posterous was the way to go. Email ANYTHING to Posterous and they would turn it into a post on your site. Email text, a photo, an MP3, a PDF—an.-y.-thing—and they would put it on your site in seconds. As I recall, Posterous was acquired by Yahoo and discontinued; I hope they kept the product team together.
Oh, and one more. <strong>TextExpander</strong>. Anything I type more than a few times becomes a TextExpander snippet or shortcut. My email addresses, my full name, my full company name. I even have a long "lorem ipsum dolor" string for greeking text. For example, the shortcut for my website is "u10w" which instantly expands to the full URL. And just to remind me of how much I value it, TextExpander sends me a note every moth estimating how much time I saved because of their program.
If I were in an interview, I'd say the reason I love these products is good product management (whether they have product managers or not). They clearly understand their personas and problems.
I look at other provider or clinic-wide templates and pick and choose what to place in my own templates. I use an app called TextExpander and it helps me A TON. It’s easy and intuitive once you practice the snippet features and you can create pretty much any blurb you want to insert into your clinic note. Here is TextExpander
It’s a program that holds templates or snippets of text for you. Example, if I set the program to auto insert a body of text if type ##message1.
It will auto insert an entire paragraph onto whatever I am using, either it be a web form or a word document.
I gather from the comments that you're a medicine resident. Having trained in obgyn, I have nothing but respect for all the things you guys have to keep track of in an A&P.
In any case, one of the things that really helped me early on was to establish a 'scaffold' for the most common problems I was admitting patients for. Using this scaffold helped me to write better notes and to be more thorough with patients.
As my practice has changed with time, I don't really have a need to use these types of tools anymore, but I managed to find an example stored on my computer.
I used the textexpander app on my mac to build scaffolds like this one so that I could type dm2plan
and my computer would generate the following text:
# DM2 - We discussed in detail the maternal and fetal risks associated with diabetes as well as the surveillance and interventions that we will undertake throughout her pregnancy to minimize these risks - most importantly, excellent blood glucose control. - referral to dietician, diabetic diet and low fat diet - referral to diabetic educator - referral to endocrinology - referral to ophthalmology for complete exam - referral to MFM - EKG ordered - P:C ordered - fasting lipid panel ordered - monitor blood glucose am fasting and 2hr postprandial - ?? insulin - ?? - rx 4mg folic acid TO DO: - Extensive US at 18-22 wks - Fetal ECHO @ 18-22 wks
Then for problems that needed to be managed (but weren't necessarily the reason for admission) I used the med list and past medical history as appropriate.
Textexpander (and other similar tools) are available for mobile devices as well. Using them to build a plan before you start dictating may help you organize your thoughts and further develop your skills.
Keep after it. You'll get there.
There are tools out there like https://textexpander.com/ which can help with replying to repetitive email responses.
I built a tool previously on my own ecom platform, but shopify must have some plugins like that.
I've used TextExpander for some of the things you mentioned. There are a number of similar products on the market.
At a previous job, I had a TextExpander snippet that would insert the document template I had created in Markdown in a text file, along with the CSS. I also had the inline HTML blocks for code examples, warnings, tips, and the Markdown formatting for images that I could insert into a document. Basically, anything I had to type on a regular basis I had a snippet for in TextExpander. This saved me a lot of time over the course of my day, because I could just type in the abbreviation for the snippet, and TextExpander would insert the rest of the text automatically.
Here is the Features page.
Here are three that caught my eye:
Here is the Tips page.
One word: TextExpander. https://textexpander.com/
This single program has saved me hours of typing and retyping common text snippets this semester. Basically, you enter in text snippets -- these can be anything from single words or email address or whatnot, to entire text documents -- to the program and assign them triggers so that when you enter the trigger, the text appears. For example, ;;expm inserts the text "Can you explain more?" I have text snippets for common mistakes that are paragraphs long.
You can also arrange the snippets so they automatically insert the day's date, or prompt you with a text field for the student's name, and other things. There is a cloud component too so that once you have your snippets set up you can use them wherever you have the program installed, even on a phone or tablet.
It costs money to use but it's totally worth it.
They're offering $2/month pricing to existing customers - for a year. To me, that's a subscription priced right where they keep more existing customers, improve their annual cash flow, and see more revenue from new customers on the higher priced plan. Unfortunately, after a year, I assume that the upgrade plan goes away.
Still, I'm uncomfortable with having to keep all my snippets on a server, so there's no benefit to the new release for me, so I'll be sticking with version 5, which they have promised to support through the next macos release. I'll worry about upgrading in fall 2017, unless their competition comes up with a compelling feature worth moving to early.