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It is now a phenomenon to use smart phone for personal information management and to connect to social network at all time. HTC Tattoo is my first touch-screen smart phone that runs on Google Android 1.6. I bought it after checking many reviews about it. While I did experience some convenience using the new touch-screen interface and a gain in productivity coming from the free applications on Android platform, I also found some annoyances.
The first thing I noticed is that the interface is separated into a number of pages that are accessed by scrolling from left to right which means to get from the first page to the last page, you need to cut across the screen 6 times with your finger. Given that the UI of an ordinary phone was already developed to pinnacle, Android developers did not put in much effort into the UI design of this newer product.
New frequency-ordered word lists in five different languages: Spanish, Chilean Spanish, Portuguese, German, French were added to our word list collection. They were compiled from Large Corpora used in CTS Last week, we uploaded an English frequency word list for TypingAid. A series of tests have been carried out to ascertain the benefit of using such word list. A 63-word passage was randomly extracted from a news site. A typist was asked to type the passage without TypingAid, with TypingAid + comprehensive English word list and with TypingAid + frequency-ordered English word list. The time spent was taken down with a timer, from which we calculated the typing speed. We also kept track of the number of keystrokes registered.
Both the program TypingAid and the word lists can be downloaded from the page:
The test involving frequency-ordered word list was recorded in the video below: A frequency word list is a list of words sorted by the frequency each word appears in texts. The most commonly used words appear on top of the list. The word lists we have on our site so far are alphabetically ordered word lists. They are good for language learners. For other users, we don't really need the alphabetical ordering. With a frequency word list, we enjoy a slightly faster typing speed with TypingAid, because we're able to spot the word we want quickly after typing fewer characters. Try it! Download English frequency word list here. If you do not have TypingAid, download TypingAid here.The frequency word list is obtained from Wiktionary
1-1000 rank word count 1 1222421 2 1052546 3 823661 4 770161 5 563578 Some work was needed to compile the word list. Words fewer than 5 characters were deleted (you don't need autocompletion for those). There are about 36'000 words in it. If you like it we appreciate if you could tell more people about TypingAid. As at now, only English frequency word list is available. Send us your feedback. If the feedback is good, we will try to compile frequency word lists in other languages. This is the last update to TypingAid version 1.x which addresses the problems of tooltip blocking and antivirus false alarm. A Unicode version of the program is also added for support of languages with Unicode characters. Meanwhile TypingAid 2.x and BlitzType are under intense testing and development. When they have reached a stable stage suitable for general users, we will release them. The primary new feature of TypingAid 2.x is the word learning function and its performance was much improved after code optimization. BlitzType will have multiple-suggestion tooltip and external dictionary support.
The Swedish word list is updated to include more words. 2 new word lists are uploaded too: Brazilian Portuguese and Russian. A TypingAid user has asked me about the difference between TypingAid and BlitzType. Both of them are text autocompletion programs and productivity programs maintained and distributed by Artwinauto.com
TypingAid is originally a small and nifty program I found and improved on. I spent time on distributing it, hopefully to bring awareness to the advantage of autocompletion tool as a text expander alternative and to draw traffic to my site. However the response is overwhelmingly good, much to my surprise. Two software developers besides me are interested in working on it, so we have regular stable release. I intend to make it free for all time, partly because of many's wishes, and I do not hold sole copyright of it in order to commercialize it. Perhaps I could also collect donations for me and the 2 developers.
On the other hand, BlitzType is my own project. It's a more ambitious one with many carefully planned features and is designed to be more advanced, more applicable than TypingAid. I intend to experiment with some crazy ideas for instance, machine learning and speech recognition. This approach will put in much innovation, but a regular stable release is not possible. The program is also very flexible and can be turned into say, a thesaurus program with some tweaking, because it's meant for commercialization originally. If a decent funding is obtained, I could also release it in both free version and commercial version. TypingAid is a conservative approach to make an autocompletion software, and BlitzType is an ambitious one. Newest TypingAid 1.2 now has some of the requested features. Thanks to maniac @ AutoHotKey forum and those who gave their feedback. Meanwhile I have created a poll about BlitzType, if you like our typing autocompletion programs, please help us to answer the question of the poll. (Poll is closed)
Why the question? The TypingAid program has proven useful to many and we have received many feedback. It's fascinating to learn that there are many different ways to use the program. However, very few know that the script has been around and developed for as long as 5 years on AutoHotKey forum.
A freeware author is often enthusiastic on his/her creation to a limit, because he/she can't devote full-time into it, (with some exceptions). An open-source project often needs commercial backing for it to turn into success. Some active distribution and promotion methods are needed to let more people know about a project. It's not unusual that TypingAid was left relatively unnoticed for 5 years.
Therefore it's my desire to attract more developers to work on BlitzType, and make the development process faster (6 months instead of 5 years to complete), hopefully build a community around it, offer a more responsive email as well as community technical support, introduce the programs to more people, publish more useful articles on the blog. The ultimate goal is to let more people benefit from TypingAid & BlitzType. To do that, I need $$.
So as not to create any bias in your mind before you attempt the poll. I shall comment no further. Please take some time to ponder and give an answer based on your own judgement. Thank you very much.
BlitzType is a predictive text completion software for Windows, designed to reduce repetitive typing in text input. It can be used as a learning aid or typing aid for users who have difficulties typing normally, or to reduce keystrokes when working with a list of lengthy technical terms or commonly typed words and phrases. It is an on-going project currently under beta, the software will have features unique in its own way, compared to other commercial offerings in the market. It focuses on prediction and learning capabilities.
The software is now open to public for testing and feedback. Since it is still at beta version, it is advisable to backup your data before testing or only test it on a non-priority machine. The minimum requirement for running BlitzType is a Windows XP system or above on a machine with Pentium III 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM. New release: 0.95
(If you have an older version, fresh install is required) Features of BlitzType: Auto-complete words and phrases in any window. Automatically learn from typing. On-demand or always show suggestion. Multiple suggestions in the tooltip. Different ways to auto-complete, including 'text expand'. AutoCorrect. Portable.Coming features: Support European languages with accents. Management of learned phrases. Better control of tip position.
If the program does not start, you might need MS VC++ runtime or
TypingAid is a simple, compact and handy auto-completion utility for Windows. It is a free and open-source software licensed under GPL. New release: 2.15
I'd like to share with you a program TypingAid, to demonstrate how auto-completion tool could help to improve typing speed and productivity, as well as to reduce the risk of RSI (Repetitive strain injury). With proper set up, TypingAid could also be used as a typing aid for language learners and computer users affected by conditions such as Dyslexia, learning / writing difficulty, hand disability, Repetitive strain injury, etc. Features of TypingAid: Auto-complete words and phrases in any window. Auto-learn words as you type. Support European languages with accents and Unicode characters. Show suggestion listbox, no toolbar used. Add words and phrases to word list with shortcut key. Fast and memory-efficient. Portable, no installation needed.
TypingAid is made with AutoHotKey
New users please read Quick Guide and check Known issues below to get started.
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