List of Typing Expanders

PHRASE EXPRESS
Bartels Media GmbH, Im Treff 20, 54296 Trier, Germany
Web:  PhraseExpress 
Forum:  PhraseExpress forum 
Price:  Free for personal noncommercial use.  $30 for v8 Easy, $50 for V8 Standard, $140 for v8 Professional.

Comment:   Award-winning text expander, clipboard manager, program launcher, spell checker, macro utility, and email automator. See also AutoText program below. Can import Mac Text Expander snippets.


FlashType ($60) 2-column expander, supports multiple dictionaries, templates. 
Intellicomplete  ($50) Onscreen advisory, supports multiple libraries.   Limited legacy support for existing users. Can import ABCZ files.
Perfect Keyboard ($30 to $80) Powerful keyboard and macro typing tool. See also their Macro ToolWorks.

Phrase Expander ($55) Formerly Direct Access.

Quick Input (free for non-commercial use) No development since 2007.

Quickeys 3  For Windows XP. Also has Mac version.

QuikScripts  Demo is "coming soon".

Quick-Type  ($30 or $15 downloaded) A basic expander which has claimed to be the "world's only typing automation tool".

Rapid Key ($20)

Rocket Typing ($20)

The Transcription Assistant  ($100) For transcription admin functions, not for typing per se. b  (NOT an ABCZ product.)

Turbo Type ($20) Has word prediction, on-screen advisory.

TypeBooster ($25)

Type Mate ($16) Has pop-up window.

Type Pilot ($30) Folder based.

TypeItIn ($20)  "Create buttons that type for you."

Typfast ($25). Has 26K word list

Typing Buddy (20 EUR) Folder based.

Typing Assistant ($35)  Has pop-up window, word prediction feature.  (NOT an ABCZ product) 


EXPANDERS FOR THE MAC:

DashExpander Free App

FastFox Typing Expander Has PC version.

Kissphrase 

Presto 

Quickeys  (also PC version)

Text Expander

TypeIT4Me ($20)

Typinator (20 EUR) They make AutoText for PC.

yType  (Free, with reminders or $10)


EXPANDERS FOR LINUX:

AutoKey

Text Snippits (not yet developed)


        EXPANDERS FOR PHONES AND PDA'S:

Fitaly ($20; made by Textware Solutions/Instant Text for tablets, etc.)

             TapIT4Me ($5 for the iPhone)




EXPANDERS - NO LONGER AVAILABLE:

[ABBREVIATE! ($50)
Words+, 1220 West Avenue J, Lancaster, CA 93534-2902
Phone: 805 723 6523. Fax: 805 723 2114
Email: info@abbreviate.com
Web:  Abbreviate!]

[DITTO WORD EXPANDER ($50)
Email:
 support@palabrio.com
Auto- or user-generated short forms. Also imports, harvests phrases, has customizable visual advisory window, basic statistics.]

[EXPLODE IT!

21st Century Research, PO Box 82042, San Diego, CA 92138
Email: 75512.2653@compuserve.com

[PRD+ (Productivity Plus)

Sunflower Software, Inc, 211 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017
Email: sunflowersoft.com
Platform:  DOS.  
Comment: The first powerhouse expander. Pioneered the 2-column hidden screen shared by most expanders.]

[P.C. Mag's Robotype 4. Not sure if it has been discontinued. Link does not work.]

[SWIFT TEXT EXPANDER
Bytescribe Development, PO Box 36183, Birmingham, AL 35236
Phone:  205 967 3997
Email: postmaster@bystescribe.com
Comment:  Also known as Abbreviation Expander. 2-column expander with custom (short-form, long-form) entries, dictionary entries and shortcuts.]

[WP EXPAND ($30)
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
Comment: Also offer counting facility, WP macros, formats.]

[3-2-1 ($50)
3-2-1 Medical Transcription, P.O. Box 20070, Carson City, NV 89721-0070.
Email:  info@e321medicaltranscription.com
Comment:  Not an expander but a rule-based set of 14,000 phrases and words (short forms and long forms) that adds to your MS Word AutoCorrect list. Also a generic version for use with MedQuist, EDiX, etc. See the warning from Microsoft at the top of this page, which bears on using AutoCorrect as an expander.]


Page updated  Feb 4, 2012