Spell check on the fly and type faster with As-U-Type

Announcement of As-U-Type v2.0, a new version of the unique OS-level real time spell check and fast typing software from Fanix Software. This Windows program spell checks and corrects typographical mistakes on the fly, automates difficult and repetitive typing tasks, and applies a lot of innovative speed typing solutions to give users accurate and fast typing.

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Contact: Van Fanlink, Phone: +61 7 3217 7946, van@fanix.com

Type More Accurately and Much Faster with As-U-Type

Fanix Software has released As-U-Type v. 2.0, an OS-level real time spell check and fast typing software that works with all Windows programs to increase typing accuracy and productivity. With the spell checking and macro capabilities usually found in high-end word processors, As-U-Type lets you polish the e-mails that you send, the newsgroups messages that you post, and all of your text documents, quickly and easily.

Unlike traditional spell checkers that examine your document after you've completed typing it, As-U-Type gives you real-time feedback about your typing errors. And unlike spelling programs that are locked into a single word processor or other application, As-U-Type works with all Windows programs to correct your typo's and make you look smarter. It continuously monitors your typing, checks and flags you audibly by a beep and visually by a red underline to every spelling mistake you may make as you type. For a recognized mistake -- a mistake that you know you make it and therefore train the program to automatically correct it, such as "teh" instead of "the", "don;t" instead of "don't" etc. -- As-U-Type saves you time by automatically correcting it for you so you don't need to stop typing and go back to fix it yourself. For other unrecognized mistakes -- mistakes that you don't realize you make it, for example, when you accidentally slip your fingers, or don't bother to train the program to fix -- you can have the software either guess at a fix and make the change automatically, or show you some choices and have you choose or not choose one, or just underline the mistakes. In any cases, the program always makes sure that your mistakes are immediately and correctly handled.

As-U-Type adapts itself to your keyboarding habit and becomes smarter with use. It logs your mistakes along with their frequency to a file and lets you review them at any time. By reviewing mistakes, you can learn about your own mistake patterns and keyboarding habit. It gives you a clear feedback to improve your both typing and writing ability. The mistake frequency numbers easily help you recognize a mistake as a common spelling mistake and let you train the program about it and have it automatically recognized and corrected the next time if you make it. As a result, the more you use the program, the more intelligent it becomes and the more effectively it corrects your typical spelling errors.

Besides spell checking in real time, As-U-Type also helps you type faster. You can customize As-U-Type to detect and expand any short sequence of text into a long text string. For example, "tyvm" can be mapped to "thank you very much" so that every time you type "tyvm", As-U-Type will expand it automatically. The expanded text can be up to 32,000 characters long -- about 20 pages, enough for most texts -- and the number of shortcuts that you create is limited only by your system resources. As-U-Type saves time by reducing the need to retype repetitive or long and difficult spelling texts. It also increases accuracy by allowing you to type things carefully once, and letting you retype them with just a few keystrokes.

As-U-Type also enhances your editing productivity by its multi-clipboard feature. While Windows comes with only a single clipboard, As-U-Type lets you have many clipboards -- one for every key on your keyboard! For example, you could store your name in the "A" key clipboard, your street address in the "F1" key clipboard, your phone number in the "1" key clipboard, etc. and paste any of them to your document at any time with a single keyboard shortcut. With the multi-clipboard feature, As-U-Type makes your copy/paste editing easier and more convenient. It also saves your clipboards to a file and lets you re-use them the next time you start the software.

As-U-Type is powerful yet compact and easy-to-use. It requires no prerequisite skill, comes with preset settings and supports automatic working modes, so you can get the software up and running in no time. Whether you're a hunt-and-peck typist or a touch-typing power user, As-U-Type will minimize your mistakes, speed up your typing, save you effort and make more efficient use of your time.

As-U-Type v. 2.0 runs under Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP, costs $29.95(US), and may be purchased securely online at http://www.fanix.com/. Multi-user and site licenses are available. You can download a free, fully-functional 30-day trial version from the same web site. For more information, contact Fanix Software, P.O. Box 6435 St. Lucia, QLD 4067 Australia. Email: support@fanix.com Internet: http://www.fanix.com/.