Shorthand Alternatives

Shorthand is described as 'Save hours of typing with Shorthand for Windows, the award winning keyboard simulation, text assembly and document preparation tool that works on top of existing Microsoft Windows applications' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Shorthand for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Google Chrome, Android and SaaS apps. The best Shorthand alternative is TextExpander. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Beeftext or TyperTask. Other great apps like Shorthand are aText, Typinator, Briskine and Texpand.

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  1. canSnippet icon

    canSnippet

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    canSnippet is a snippet management tool for macOS. It allows developers to easily save snippets and integrate them in any running application.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    yType

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    yType is a productivity tool to amplify your typing ability. Type a few characters (shortcut) to paste a much larger block of text (expansion) like your name, a url, picture or even several pages of formatted text instantly anywhere on your Mac in any application.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Rapidkey

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    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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    TextExpander

    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 enhance...

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    Snippet Bin

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    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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    QuicKeys

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    QuicKeys is software that makes it easier to use your computer. With QuicKeys you can automate common things you do all the time. And you can automate tedious things you don't do all the time — things that are hard to remember.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Autocomplete Anywhere

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    Get autocomplete anywhere on the web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Autocomplete Anywhere is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Shorthand.

    • Autocomplete Anywhere is Free and Open SourceShorthand is Freemium and Proprietary
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