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anybody using Smart Type speed typing software? - sf

Posted: Aug 19, 2011

Is any body using Smart Type speed typing software? I could not find it on the net. Please let me know if it is still availabe. sf

It's Smartype, now by Stedman. NM - anon

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NM

No longer commercially available - hmmm

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You may try posting on the classifieds board to see if someone will sell you theirs. It isn't operational for most people on Vista or Win 7.

Definitely available commercially - shipwrected

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It's available through Amazon.com. Read the description to make sure it works with your platform. I'd kill to be able to use it again but it won't work with DocQScribe.

my definition of commercially available is - hmmm

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the product being actively produced with support offered by the company selling it. Yes, used copies and perhaps some repackaged or even new copies are available on Amazon. But if you are looking for a product being actively produced, sold and supported by the company - in this case, Stedman's - this is not one of those products.

it does not work with any 'platform' - it works wiith Word. - platform needs to be word-based. NM

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SmartType - mar0622

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You can still use SmartType..in a round about way. What I ended up doing was buying Instant Text. You can import SmartType into that and use it that way. That probably doesn't help you though, sorry.

expanders - anon

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If you are looking for an expander I think the best one would be FastFox. It is the very simple to use and never gave me any trouble.

expanders - sf

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Is FastFox a medical expander? Smart Type was deleted from my computer. But, I was able to set up the Smart Type with Windows XP which is a requirement. It has medical expander, dictionary and drug reference. Very useful for transcription.

Thank you for all the reply.

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