Shorthand Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Shorthand for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is TextExpander. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Beeftext or TyperTask. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Shorthand and nine of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Shorthand are aText, CanRemember, Breevy and CodeExpander.

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  1. TextExpander icon
     69 likes

    Boosts team efficiency by managing, creating, and sharing reusable text snippets across all platforms with support for fill-in fields, advanced customization, and insightful analytics to drive productivity and performance enhancement.

    84 TextExpander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. aText icon
     42 likes

    aText accelerates your typing by replacing abbreviations with frequently used phrases you define.

    55 aText alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Parallels Desktop
     
  3. TyperTask icon
     16 likes

    Increase your efficiency by automating your keyboard with TyperTask! This tool simulates keyboard typing, and can be used to instantly type common phrases. Use it to automate chat conversations, website logins, programming code blocks, HTML tags, or anything else you can imagine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. CanRemember icon
     4 likes

    CanRemember is a canned speech manager, which allows you to quickly access stored procedures. This program is designed to add, store, edit and delete text snippets, ready to copy and paste on forums, with BBcode already prepared. CanRemember was originally created by bibi26.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Breevy icon
     17 likes

    Breevy is a text expander for Windows that helps you type faster and more accurately by allowing you to abbreviate long words and phrases -- saving you time and money.

    40 Breevy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. CodeExpander icon
     3 likes

    CodeExpander is a smart feature with TextExpander and embraces the GitHub Gist client. It saves and manages text or script snippets that require repeated input and can be expanded automatically by setting abbreviations.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. Rapidkey icon
     2 likes

    RapidKey - Autotext and Macros for Windows XP that auto fill web forms. RapidKey provides you with a new Windows functionality. This software autocompletes text phrases and autoexpands shorthands in any Windows applications.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Snippet Bin icon
     5 likes

    How it works: if you are running Snippet Bin and type "//for ", it can turn this into: for ( $i = 1 ; $i <= 10 ; $i++ ) { //stuff } But Snippet Bin also pastes dynamic snippets using parameters.

    Other features of Snippet Bin: A stable and lightweight syste.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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