- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (21-day trial); $35.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: August 30, 2009
- Total Downloads: 2,724
- Downloads last week: 30
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 7 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on October 05, 2009
Typing Assistant provides the ability to autocomplete words and save time. With a minimum of frills and an impressively large dictionary, this program will shave minutes off writing.
This program's interface reminded us of the word-completing software present in text messaging, but still required a visit to the Help file's simple instructions for the basics. While its functionality proved to be initially distracting, we quickly grew to anticipate it. Once we wrote a few letters (for example, "Arr") a small screen popped up, providing a list of possible solutions (this example ranged from Arrack, Arrange, Array, and more). We either kept typing our word or scrolled through the choices and chose the correct one. Happily, the word we needed was usually toward the top and required less than a second to pick. The time saved using this program depended heavily on its best feature, an adjustable delay. When we wanted instant help we set no delay, but when we only wanted help if we were stuck on a spelling, we set the program to a longer delay before the screen appeared. No matter how we set it, this was a fantastic option for avoiding the word processor's spelling helper and has the ability to shave minutes from projects.
Typing Assistant comes with a 21-day trial. This program installs desktop icons without asking permission and leaves Start menu items and folders behind after uninstall.
Publisher's description
From Sumit Software :Typing Assistant auto-completes your frequently used words and phrases anywhere. It makes typing faster, more intelligent and lowers effort. When typing, a smart Typing Assistant suggestion window opens to show you possible words you are typing. Then with one key stroke it automatically completes the word for you. Typing Assistant automatically learns the words you type, automatically expands user-defined shorthand to full text, automatically accesses clipboard history contents, and automatically launches user-defined application. So that the more you use the program, the smarter it becomes and the more you find it useful.
Typing Assistant is the ideal utility for authors, secretaries, journalists, translators, document creators and programmers, in fact anyone who frequently uses a word processor.
What's new in this version:
Version 5.0 adds Word Auto-Correct function and Extract Auto-Correct Entries from MS Word function.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 7 votes
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Version: Typing Assistant (English) 5.0
"This is just the program I have been wanting for years."
Pros: Auto learn long words or phrases, such as people's name or address. Just a single hot key to browse all abbreviation entries and select one to expand to full text. It is very well integrated with other edit windows.
Cons: It is better than the others.
Summary: The self learning function makes typing faster and accurate. The suggestions list always there when you type anywhere. Really a very well designed tool.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Typing Assistant (English) 5.0
"Distracting - No help whatsoever"
Pros: Promising idea but fails if you use it for more than 10 minutes.
Cons: It collects any garbage you type and flood you with stupid text insertions.
Summary: Good idea but ridiculous implementation. Stay away if you have work to get done.
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2 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Typing Assistant (English) 5.0
"I am very impressed in your typing assistant English"
Pros: Typing Assistant is of great help disabled people to type fast and easy. I am very impressed with Typing Assistant. Great program and that a lot to coming from me. I hardly ever write a review. But, I had to because it is good and easy.
Cons: There is some cons with Typing Assistant but, Anything got some cons. Speically word prediction software. The pros outweigh the cons. There is f11 key that turn Typing assistant off if you don't want any words on typing assistant.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Typing Assistant (English) 5.0
"BEWARE! It remembers when you type in your passwords!!!"
Pros: It does what it says. A short tutorial's included to help.
Cons: I haven't spent that much time with it, but I've noticed sometimes it doesn't autocomplete when I hit the Enter button.
The biggest Con is that it remembers your passwords and suggests them for the world to see as an autocomplete!!Summary: It's a useful software- would be great if it also functions as a thesaurus.
But I won't be keeping it purely because I feel it compromises my security by remembering the passwords I've typed on webpages. Sure, you can take precautions and you'd... read more >> -
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Typing Assistant (English) 5.0
"Does not help to type faster"
Pros: Remember everything you type.
Cons: Whenever you start typing it shows you everything you ever entered. Misspellings. Rarely used words. Just abou everything. But barely what you need. It distracts more than it helps.
Summary: No helper. Distracts more than it helps. I seriously wonder about the 4 stars review.
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