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• Nov 27 2009 12:21pm
  polan lin (Visitor)
  What is the difference from another tool Typing Assistant according to the functions you announced? It seems the interface is not friendly for a new user.
• Nov 29 2009 12:17am
  B Barnabe (Visitor)
  When I select the Buy Now button, I see this error:
  
  ERROR - No Purchase URL specified!
  
  Hopefully this will get fixed promptly!
• Dec 2 2009 12:35am
  Patrick McCann (16 Software Vendor)
  Hi polan lin:
  
  Some unique features in Breevy, as compared to Typing Assistant:
  
  1) It includes a 6500+ abbreviation Typo AutoCorrection set.
  
  2) It includes a 13,500+ abbreviation set for medical transcriptionists.
  
  3) You can organize abbreviations into separate nested folders, which makes viewing and managing your abbreviations a lot easier.
  
  4) You can choose between 3 different case match modes (case sensitive, case insensitive, and adapt case) for each abbreviation.
  
  5) You can also choose between 3 different trigger modes (immediate, after trigger key, or after word-ending character) for each abbreviation.
  
  You can set the default case match mode / trigger mode option for new abbreviations in the Preferences window so you don't have to choose each time you create a new abbreviation.
  
  6) Breevy can launch websites (as well as applications, files, and folders).
  
  7) You can search for abbreviations in each folder.
  
  8) You can export and import your abbreviations with Breevy.
  
  If there's something you find a bit confusing with Breevy, please let me know and we'll try to work on it. We tried to make the main window as straightforward and clear as possible (just click New Abbreviation to add a new abbreviation, then enter the abbreviation and it's replacement text, click Apply, and you're done).
  
  Thanks for your interest.
• Dec 2 2009 12:39am
  Patrick McCann (16 Software Vendor)
  Hi B Barnabe, I'm very sorry about the issue with the deal.
  
  It has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 3 (2010, of course), however.
  
  See you then!

• Dec 27 2009 7:37pm
  Alan Sawyer (Superstar)
  What is the licensing like as far as future upgrades?
  Can Breevy be copied to a usb drive so it can be portable between say my home computer and my work computer?
  Can it be installed on more than 1 computer as long as I am the only user?
• Dec 27 2009 11:16pm
  Patrick McCann (16 Software Vendor)
  Hi Alan,
  
  1) By purchasing a license you're entitled to free support as well as a lifetime of free updates/upgrades... just download the new versions whenever they come out and you're good to go.
  
  2) Currently Breevy can't run from a USB drive, though this may change in the future. However, it's easy to import and export your abbreviations so you can have the same abbreviations on multiple computers. Just click File - Export All Abbreviations to export, and File - Import Abbreviations to import.
  
  3) You can install and use Breevy on as many computers as you like so long as you are the only user, correct.
• Jan 2 2010 6:39am
  Jim Slar (Visitor)
  I am using Typing Assistant which has a portable version.
• Jan 2 2010 10:26am
  Alan Sawyer (Superstar)
  Typing Assistant might be a little intrusive for my needs.
  Also more expensive, but yes, they do have a portable version.
  Maybe someday they will have a discount on BDJ, and/or Breevy will create a portable version.
  I have to run via usb stick because as work, I am not allowed to install programs on my desktop.
• Jan 3 2010 12:21am
  Patrick McCann (16 Software Vendor)
  Hi Jim, while TA does indeed have a portable version, Breevy has quite a few features that TA doesn't have.
  
  I made a list of a few of those unique features in Breevy a couple of weeks ago; you can see the list by clicking "4 Old Comments Reveal" just above the first comment here. :-)
• Jan 3 2010 8:33pm
  Michael Mortimer (Visitor)
  This program is like SureType, a program I bought in 2003 or thereabouts. Since then the software was bought by RIM for use in their Blackberry phones, e.g., the Pearl.
  
  Now if you go to SureType via the program it takes one to RIM instead of Rampell, the developer.
  
  With SureType support and updates stopped back when RIM took over (no doubt part of the sale of the software). But I guess they could not stop those of us with licensed versions to from using the product or giving it back. LOL.
  
  My issue is that SureType is no longer supported. It is only a matter of time before it stops working, say with newer and newer versions of Windows. It works perfect with XP.
  
  Anyway, this program does everything SureType does. So I will be buying it since I need to face the music, that SureType needs to be replaced.
  
  A few questions:
  
  I will be writing a magazine review of this type of software. I see that you say this has more features than Typing Asst. But:
  
  Does this suggest words while one is typing, the same as TA does?
  
  Also, how secure is the data. I ask this because one is tempted to use the program to insert passwords, etc. But if one can easily get the Breevy database, then a thief would have one's passwords and account numbers, for example. Is the information encrypted in any way?
  
  I doubt it since there's no password setup, etc. I guess one line of protection is that a hacker would have to know that the file on the computer is "bvy" and know to have your program in order to open the program. But if one has the program, can they open a stolen archived file?
  
  Let me know, I am impressed with the product. The interface is far better than SureType's simple/basic user interface.
• Jan 3 2010 9:31pm
  Patrick McCann (16 Software Vendor)
  Michael,
  
  1) There is an option in Preferences that you can enable that will have Breevy show a tooltip whenever you've typed an abbreviation that requires further action in order for it to be replaced.
  
  "Further action" meaning you'd either need to press the trigger key (like the "Auto Complete By" key in TA) or type a word-ending character after the abbreviation is typed, depending on that particular abbreviation's mode, in order for it to be replaced.
  
  I plan on improving and extending this feature in the near future, by the way.
  
  2) The abbreviations are not currently encrypted, no. So just like with Typing Assistant (and SureType, unless it asks for a master password that you need to enter whenever you start the program) someone could technically grab a copy of the abbreviation file, import it on another computer, and see the data.
  
  However, you do make a good point about the software being useful for storing and inserting passwords. Thanks for the good idea, I will definitely add that encryption feature idea to the top of my list.
  
  Thanks for the compliments about Breevy, I appreciate them. And if you have any other suggestions (or questions), please feel free to shoot me an e-mail or post here. :-)
• Jan 4 2010 12:42am
  Michael Mortimer (Visitor)
  Patrick... not sure when I will be doing the article, but probably in a couple months. So I will send you an e-mail to discuss the program and also make suggestions on what I like and don't like.
  
  SureType is a regular Microsoft Excel database file. If one opens the Excel data file one can see everything.
  
  So for passwords what I do is a trick that is 250 years old, which is to make a basic "crypto" type entry on each password, a simply change known only to me and impossible to figure out.
  
  For example, if a password is 1REcb23448zie680 , to "encrypt" I will change certain numbers a certain way. According to one security expert who showed me this it would take a month for a computer to work out all the different possibilities.
  
  And of course I don't ID what the PW is for so that's an additional layer of protection. One would have to hack my computer, hack the program, figure out what PW is for what account and then know the user name, for example, of the account the PW goes to.
  
  All in all my workaround is pretty secure. But an encrypted data file or encrypted PW, that would be nice.
  
  If you want to incorporate some type of "enhanced auto password entry" aspect to the program, you might want to look at Roboform, a program I use and that has been featured on Bits. It's an extremely affective auto password program. It has backup and it also encrypts everything. So even if someone got my password data file they would not be able open it no matter what they tried to do. (Of course, this assumes there is not some dishonest employee who built into the program some kind of master password to access all users' Roboform program. There's those type of people in every company. I digress.
• Jan 4 2010 11:58am
  Patrick McCann (16 Software Vendor)
  Great, look forward to hearing from you about that article.
  
  Neat trick, by the way. I think I do recall reading about it before. Hey, if it works... keep doin' it!
  
  Thanks for mentioning Roboform; I had already planned on taking a look at that.
  
  Patrick

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