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Ask HN: any system wide text autocomplete apps?
Has anyone come across an app for OS X that learns the words you type and then autocompletes in any text field in the UI.
I'm surprised that I can't find one. My main use case is that if I'm typing a variable name in my code editor, if I then later type it into an email I'm composing or into an issue tracker, it should autocomplete.
I saw the built in OS X one, but it requires a keyboard shortcut to activate, it doesn't learn custom words and it doesn't work in my browser (chrome).
Just wanted to see if it existed before I went off and tried to build it.
- nathancahill 14y agoI've hit tab to autocomplete long words too many times. If you build something like that I would pay for it.
- alooPotato 14y agowould love to outsource this kind of app... not a big business kind of thing, but def has utility.
- sgrove 14y agoMy cofounder and the VP of Sales at the last startup I was at both swear by http://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/ http://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/, but it doesn't "learn", you have to predefine shortcuts sadly.