aText VS FastKeys

aText Reviews

1. StanBright    

   Founder at SaaSHub | over 4 years ago
   Indispensable productivity tool

   I've been using aText for quite some time, and it's been amazing. If you are typing a lot, I'm sure you would be able to optimize your work tremendously. You can have abbreviations for your closing email phrases, URLs, and whatever can come to your mind.

   Also, I'd suggest to think of a trigger character and use it at the beginning of all abbreviations. That way you will avoid collisions. I'm using a comma. For example, these are some of my abbreviations:

   • ,br => "Best regards, Stan"
   • ,sh-u => "https://www.saashub.com" (SaaSHub URL)

   You get the idea. Once you get used to the app, it will save you a lot of time and typing.

FastKeys Reviews

aText mentions (2)

• Add suites (playing cards)

  I think I have a solution for you. I use an app called aText (there are many similar, but this one's my favorite) on my Mac and my PC to make my own shortcuts for phrases and symbols, like this. Source: 9 months ago

• How to change the date format?

  Not quite the answer you're looking for, but I use aText, so I can make my own date format, and my own shortcut, and it can be universal — and I can make all kinds of shortcuts for all kinds of other things, like symbols, emojis, and phrases. This way, I never have to worry about apps that don't have a YYYY-MM-DD option. :). Source: 10 months ago

FastKeys mentions (2)

• Autohotkey with a visual GUI for windows by microsoft ?

  I think you've read about Power Automate Desktop, but meant this: fastkeysautomation.com. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Template for phrases and boilerplate type text

  Https://fastkeysautomation.com/ ended up being legitness, the macros and set up trake a bit of tinkering but are very powerful and it looks to be a one time purchase 👍. Source: about 3 years ago