TextExpander 3 + Custom Keyboard iPhone App Review
Typing works on the smart phone have always been a tedious task, especially when you require large amount of texts within short span of time. TextExpander 3 + Custom Keyboard app for iPhone is developed for that very purpose, to assist you with all the necessary shortcuts thereby making your typing process faster and reliable. Costing around $2.99, the application is readily available in the App Store for all iPhones having iOS 8.0 or later.
Features
TextExpander 3 + Custom Keyboard for iPhone lets you expand tiny snippets or abbreviations into long texts wherever necessary. It lets you create shortcuts for long lines of wordings so that you can just type these shortcuts when required and have them replaced with the original text within seconds. You don’t need to repeatedly type frequently used sentences over and over again. A two to three letters will do the trick easily. Right on the home screen itself, you can find a set of snippets which are predefined shortcuts which may prove useful. You can select any of them to view and edit or you can tap on the ‘+’ button on the bottom to add a new snippet. Each snippet will have an original content and an abbreviation or shortcut code which will be used to call the original long text. The snippet texts can also be formatted with respect to font size, type or colour.
The process is as simple as it sounds. Once you have setup your shortcuts, right away go to your desired app to start entering your texts and watch your shortcuts turn into the long chunk of words within no time. TextExpander 3 + app for iPhone comes with a third party keyboard that supports numerous layouts and languages. To enable auto-correct, emoticons etc you can add them to your library in the groups tab inside the app. You can also enable sounds, auto capitalization features etc from the settings tab. All of them can be accessed very easily from a very smooth and slick interface.
Conclusion
TextExpander 3 + Custom Keyboard app should really fulfill almost all of your typing needs in your iPhone. Your long chunks of texts can be placed whenever or wherever you want by just a few touches. For slow typers and for professional uses, TextExpander is really a boon. Try it out to explore the world of text shortcuts.
Category: iPhone Apps
