It’s as Easy as ABC – ‘abc’ is the TAG for the word ‘Alphabet’ – Why type 8 letters when you can just Type 3 – Easy? It’s as easy as ABC !
*TYPEAHEAD* is a piece of software that allows for auto-text creation of whole words from short, simple TAGS. In the example, above, typing ‘abc_’ (including the space at the end) generates the word ‘alphabet_’ – 9 characters – a saving of 5 characters [56%] with the added advantage of no room for typos or for spelling mistakes.
*TYPEAHEAD* is aimed primarily at disabled people with poor dexterity and others with limited typing abilities, who wish to reduce the Time and Effort involved in their typing by up to 50% [See the Slideshow at Full Screen of the Photos Page for Examples]. This is done by typing short, logical abbreviated TAGs in place of the commonest words and word combinations like ‘is a’ and ‘of the’, etc. The System will also help by greatly reducing typos and by avoiding spellings mistakes.
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Photos in the Library show examples of the output from using this Utility and the significant savings [of up to 50%] in the keying input required.
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Seems Like a Lot of Effort for Little Reward to Me ?
We cannot all be good typists – like all things it takes skill, effort and time to achieve, even if it is achievable. For many disabled people the effort and the time needed to accomplish a given task is completely disproportionate to the skill required and anything that can be done to reduce the latter two is worth a second look. The Utility offered here reduces the number of keystrokes required to produce the commonest words and popular word-combinations**, and totally eliminates the effort required to do complicated tasks like using the ‘shift’-key in combination with other keys.
** a good word-combination example is ‘from_the_’ which is 9 keystrokes long including the spaces [represented by underscores] – the software generates this end result by simply typing in ‘frte_’, which is 5 keystrokes long and represents a 44% saving in time and effort. Again, ‘is_a_’ [5 keystrokes] is produced using ‘za_’ 3 keystrokes, and so on.
Buying this Utility Program
This Program is available on CD and together with full instructions can be purchased through PayPal for just £6.50 [inc. £1.50 P & P]. Just follow these simple Steps.
1. If you do not have one already, open your own PayPal Account – [Google on ‘PayPal UK’] and sign in
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3. Under ‘Amount’ enter 6.50 and select ‘GBP – British Pounds’
4. Under ‘Type of Transaction’, select / highlight ‘Purchases –
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5. Submit Your Request by clicking on ‘Continue’ – ‘Simples !’, as our Meerkat chum says !
Thank you for your order.
Note that – following confirmation of a receipt from PayPal, I am happy to try and send the Program files to you as an attachment to an email, but it is a large file and is likely to be rejected by Service Providers. Just email your special request/instructions and any feedback to me at vernwin@btinternet.com
Just What are these TAGs ?
TAGs are abbreviations for words. Each word has its own TAG. TAGs are built up in a logical manner so that learning the TAGs of the most common words [300, say – see at the end of this page] becomes simple, quick and even fun ! Where possible TAGs are made up of the first letter of the word (whether vowel or consonant) plus the next 0 – 4 consonants plus the standard endings (see below). Double consonants are replaced with single where this would not lead to ambiguity. The commonest endings and add-ins are as follows:
‘b’ for ‘able’, ‘b’, ‘bb’ or ‘ible’; ‘d’ for ‘d’, ‘dd’, ‘ed’; ‘e’ for ‘e’, ‘ea’, ‘ee’ (as in vendee); ‘f’ for ‘f’, ‘ff’, ‘ful’, ‘ough’; ‘g’ for ‘g’, ‘gg’, ‘ing’; ‘k’ for ‘ck’, ‘k’, ‘kk’; ‘ l ‘ for ‘al’, ‘all’, ‘ial’, ‘less’, ‘l’, ‘ll’, ‘ual’; ‘ls’ or ‘lss’ for ‘less’; ‘ly’ for ‘ily’, ‘ly’; ‘m’ for ‘m’, ‘mm’, ‘*ment’; ‘n’ for ‘ication’, ‘n’, ‘nn’, ‘*ness’; ‘*sion’, ‘*ssion’, ‘*tion’; ‘nc’ for *nce’; ‘ns’ or ‘nss’ for ‘ness’; ‘r’ for ‘er’, ‘or’, ‘r’, ‘rr’; ‘ry’ for ‘ary’, ‘ry’; ‘s’ for ‘es’, ‘s’, ‘ss’; ‘sh’ for ‘ish’; ‘st’ for ‘est’; ‘ty’ for ‘ity’, ‘ty’; ‘us’ for ‘ious’, ‘ous’; ‘x’ for ‘ex’ (at the beginning of words), ‘x’; ‘y’ for ‘i’, ‘igh’, ‘*ly’, ‘*ry’, ‘*ty’, ‘y’; ‘yy’ for ‘ily’, ‘ity’, and ‘z’ for ‘ise’, ‘s’ [for the hard ‘s’ or to avoid ambiguity], ‘z’, ‘zz’.
Some Numeric Add–Ins / Endings
Some more (contrived!) add-ins and endings are numeric or symbols : ‘0’ (a nought) for ‘au’, ‘aught’ or ‘ought’ [as in ‘nought’ represented by ‘n0’ and ‘ought’ represented by ’00’]; ‘1’ for ‘one’, ‘won’; ‘2’ for ‘to’, ‘too’, ‘two’; ‘4’ for ‘for’, ‘fore’, ‘four’; ‘8’ for ‘aight’, ‘ait’, ‘ate’; ‘9’ for ‘ign’, ‘ine’, ‘yne’; and ’10’ for ‘ten’, ‘ton’ – [examples – ‘2mc’ for ‘too much’, ‘b4’ for ‘before’ and ‘4g10’ for ‘forgotten’, ‘tr4’ for ‘therefore’ ].
Other Benefits – Avoiding the SHIFT key, Spellchecking, etc.
Some people have great difficulty with using ‘Shift-key’ Combinations to make Capital letters and other ‘upper-case’ marks. To get around this each upper-case character can be accessed by depressing the back-slash key ‘\’ followed by the lower-case equivalent, so ‘\d’ gives ‘D’; ‘\3’ gives ‘£’ and ‘\ / ‘ gives ‘?’, etc.
As the commonest words are derived directly from their own TAGs, there is no room for Spelling errors there. Many words, of course, do not have recognised TAGs, so it is always possible that they could be mis-spelt on entry. However, the system additionally contains over 5,000 fairly common mis-spellings words and their automatic corrections. These mis-spellings also include corrections for many of the commonest typographical errors [typos] – like ‘teh’ for ‘the’.
The Commonest 300 Words (with their TAGs) – Summary:
The Commonest 300 words contain around 3008 characters [inc the space at the end of each word]. These words are represented by short Tags containing 1654 characters [inc the space at the end of each Tag]. Using these Short Tags thus represents a theoretical saving in Typing Time and Effort of around 45%.
Top 300 Words (together with their TAGs, if available) – List :
1 te the ¬¬ 5 a a
2 o of ¬¬ 56 abo about
3 an an ¬¬ 85 af after
4 t to ¬¬ 161 agn again
5 a a ¬¬ 147 ags against
6 in in ¬¬ 301 ag ago
7 tt that ¬¬ 33 l all
8 z is ¬¬ 201 alm almost
9 ws was ¬¬ 267 alg along
9 wz was ¬¬ 86 al also
10 h he ¬¬ 86 ao also
11 f for ¬¬ 293 alth although
12 it it ¬¬ 188 alw always
13 as as ¬¬ 155 amn American
14 on on ¬¬ 155 amcn American
15 b be ¬¬ 254 amg among
16 akd asked ¬¬ 254 amo among
17 by by ¬¬ 3 an an
18 i I ¬¬ 134 ano another
19 ts this ¬¬ 73 ay any
19 ths this ¬¬ 22 ar are
20 hd had ¬¬ 22 r are
21 nt not ¬¬ 282 aa area
22 ar are ¬¬ 163 aro around
22 r are ¬¬ 13 as as
23 bu but ¬¬ 16 akd asked
23 bt but ¬¬ 189 aw away
24 fr from ¬¬ 94 ba back
25 or or ¬¬ 15 b be
26 hv have ¬¬ 100 bec because
27 shl shall ¬¬ 100 coz because
28 sh she ¬¬ 150 bc become
29 ey they ¬¬ 41 bn been
29 ty they ¬¬ 91 b4 before
30 1n one ¬¬ 91 bf before
31 wr were ¬¬ 138 bg being
32 u you ¬¬ 263 bs best
33 l all ¬¬ 209 btr better
34 er her ¬¬ 131 btw between
35 tr there ¬¬ 253 bi big
35 ter there ¬¬ 135 bo both
36 trs there’s ¬¬ 231 biz business
37 wd would ¬¬ 23 bu but
37 wud would ¬¬ 23 bt but
38 tir their ¬¬ 17 by by
39 w we ¬¬ 199 clld called
40 hm him ¬¬ 149 cma came
41 bn been ¬¬ 60 cn can
42 ha has ¬¬ 255 cs case
43 whn when ¬¬ 296 cer certain
44 wh who ¬¬ 299 ch child
45 oo too ¬¬ 299 chl child
46 wl will ¬¬ 268 chln children
47 n no ¬¬ 268 chls children
48 mo more ¬¬ 270 chh church
49 if if ¬¬ 214 cty City
50 ot out ¬¬ 118 cm come
51 its its ¬¬ 68 cud could
51 iz it’s ¬¬ 68 cd could
52 s so ¬¬ 287 cny country
53 up up ¬¬ 185 crs course
54 sd said ¬¬ 113 dy day
54 sed said ¬¬ 275 dvm development
55 wt what ¬¬ 88 dd did
55 wht what ¬¬ 221 ddnt did not
56 abo about ¬¬ 297 dfnt different
57 tn then ¬¬ 297 dfrt different
57 thn then ¬¬ 297 dff different
58 io into ¬¬ 74 d do
59 th than ¬¬ 179 dna do not
60 cn can ¬¬ 179 dnt do not
61 oy only ¬¬ 180 dz does
62 e even ¬¬ 291 dn done
62 evn even ¬¬ 290 dor door
62 vn even ¬¬ 98 dw down
63 oth other ¬¬ 158 dur during
64 sml small ¬¬ 103 ea each
65 ti time ¬¬ 257 ery early
66 nu new ¬¬ 203 ed end
67 sm some ¬¬ 203 en end
67 som some ¬¬ 202 ef enough
68 cd could ¬¬ 202 eno enough
68 cud could ¬¬ 202 nf enough
69 tes these ¬¬ 62 e even
69 tez these ¬¬ 62 evn even
70 2n two ¬¬ 62 vn even
70 tw two ¬¬ 261 ev ever
71 ma may ¬¬ 176 evy every
72 fst first ¬¬ 213 eys eyes
73 ay any ¬¬ 213 eyz eyes
74 d do ¬¬ 192 fct fact
75 lk like ¬¬ 274 fmly family
76 my my ¬¬ 195 far far
77 nw now ¬¬ 266 flt felt
78 ov over ¬¬ 153 fw few
79 sc such ¬¬ 224 fnd find
79 su such ¬¬ 72 fst first
80 ou our ¬¬ 240 5n five
81 man man ¬¬ 11 f for
82 m me ¬¬ 243 fm form
83 mos most ¬¬ 166 fndd found
83 ms most ¬¬ 210 4n four
84 md made ¬¬ 24 fr from
85 af after ¬¬ 173 gen general
86 al also ¬¬ 115 gt get
86 ao also ¬¬ 126 gv give
87 wel we’ll ¬¬ 244 gvn given
88 dd did ¬¬ 117 g go
89 mny many ¬¬ 283 god God
90 wy way ¬¬ 215 gg going
91 b4 before ¬¬ 107 gd good
91 bf before ¬¬ 107 gud good
92 mu must ¬¬ 181 got got
93 yrs years ¬¬ 205 govm government
94 ba back ¬¬ 140 gr8 great
95 thru through ¬¬ 226 grp group
95 fru through ¬¬ 20 hd had
96 mc much ¬¬ 235 /2 half
97 whr where ¬¬ 235 hf half
98 dw down ¬¬ 184 hn hand
99 shd should ¬¬ 42 ha has
99 sho should ¬¬ 26 hv have
99 shud should ¬¬ 10 h he
100 bec because ¬¬ 197 hed head
100 coz because ¬¬ 34 er her
101 lng long ¬¬ 129 ere here
102 j just ¬¬ 159 hy high
103 ea each ¬¬ 40 hm him
104 pp people ¬¬ 152 hms himself
105 hw how ¬¬ 162 hom home
106 st8 state ¬¬ 105 hw how
107 gd good ¬¬ 18 i I
107 gud good ¬¬ 49 if if
108 tos those ¬¬ 250 imp important
109 mk make ¬¬ 6 in in
110 yr year ¬¬ 276 int interest
111 wrk work ¬¬ 58 io into
112 mr Mr ¬¬ 8 z is
113 dy day ¬¬ 12 it it
114 ltl little ¬¬ 51 its its
115 gt get ¬¬ 51 iz it’s
116 us us ¬¬ 258 jb job
117 g go ¬¬ 102 j just
118 cm come ¬¬ 298 ki kind
119 v very ¬¬ 298 k kind
120 tk take ¬¬ 247 lrg large
121 uz use ¬¬ 133 ls last
122 stl still ¬¬ 227 ltr later
123 sy say ¬¬ 292 la law
124 lok look ¬¬ 270 ld lead
125 ow own ¬¬ 273 lst least
126 gv give ¬¬ 273 lest least
127 wn want ¬¬ 177 lft left
127 wa want ¬¬ 193 — less
128 men men ¬¬ 193 les less
129 ere here ¬¬ 241 let let
130 ol old ¬¬ 136 lf life
131 btw between ¬¬ 136 lyf life
132 sa same ¬¬ 271 li light
133 ls last ¬¬ 271 lyt light
134 ano another ¬¬ 75 lk like
135 bo both ¬¬ 114 ltl little
136 lf life ¬¬ 101 lng long
136 lyf life ¬¬ 124 lok look
137 ff off ¬¬ 260 lokd looked
138 bg being ¬¬ 84 md made
139 myt might ¬¬ 109 mk make
140 gr8 great ¬¬ 81 man man
141 un under ¬¬ 89 mny many
141 und under ¬¬ 71 ma may
142 si since ¬¬ 82 m me
142 snc since ¬¬ 284 mbrs members
143 3n three ¬¬ 128 men men
144 nv never ¬¬ 139 myt might
145 c see ¬¬ 285 m9 mine
146 syd side ¬¬ 285 myn mine
147 ags against ¬¬ 48 mo more
148 ri right ¬¬ 83 mos most
148 ryt right ¬¬ 83 ms most
148 st8s states ¬¬ 112 mr Mr
149 cma came ¬¬ 167 mrs Mrs
150 bc become ¬¬ 96 mc much
152 hms himself ¬¬ 92 mu must
153 fw few ¬¬ 76 my my
155 amn American ¬¬ 249 natl national
155 amcn American ¬¬ 264 nk neck
157 pl place ¬¬ 144 nv never
158 dur during ¬¬ 66 nu new
159 hy high ¬¬ 228 nx next
161 agn again ¬¬ 206 nyt night
162 hom home ¬¬ 47 n no
163 aro around ¬¬ 21 nt not
166 fndd found ¬¬ 211 nth nothing
167 mrs Mrs ¬¬ 211 nowt nothing
168 pa part ¬¬ 77 nw now
169 sch school ¬¬ 183 nmb number
170 th0 thought ¬¬ 2 o of
173 gen general ¬¬ 137 ff off
174 1c once ¬¬ 256 oft often
174 1x once ¬¬ 130 ol old
175 upn upon ¬¬ 14 on on
176 evy every ¬¬ 174 1c once
177 lft left ¬¬ 174 1x once
178 war war ¬¬ 30 1n one
179 dna do not ¬¬ 61 oy only
179 dnt do not ¬¬ 278 opn open
180 dz does ¬¬ 25 or or
181 got got ¬¬ 246 ord order
182 uni university ¬¬ 63 oth other
183 nmb number ¬¬ 277 oths others
184 hn hand ¬¬ 80 ou our
185 crs course ¬¬ 50 ot out
186 h2o water ¬¬ 78 ov over
186 wtr water ¬¬ 125 ow own
188 alw always ¬¬ 168 pa part
189 aw away ¬¬ 104 pp people
190 pbc public ¬¬ 245 pe per
190 pblc public ¬¬ 157 pl place
191 somt something ¬¬ 220 pn point
191 smt something ¬¬ 261 pos possible
192 fct fact ¬¬ 272 pwr power
193 — less ¬¬ 219 prst present
193 les less ¬¬ 216 Pres President
195 far far ¬¬ 294 prb problem
196 p put ¬¬ 294 prob problem
197 hed head ¬¬ 233 prog programme
199 clld called ¬¬ 190 pblc public
200 set set ¬¬ 190 pbc public
201 alm almost ¬¬ 196 p put
202 ef enough ¬¬ 148 ryt right
202 eno enough ¬¬ 148 ri right
202 nf enough ¬¬ 229 rm room
203 ed end ¬¬ 54 sd said
203 en end ¬¬ 54 sed said
204 tok took ¬¬ 132 sa same
205 govm government ¬¬ 229 sw saw
206 nyt night ¬¬ 123 sy say
208 sys system ¬¬ 169 sch school
209 btr better ¬¬ 225 sec second
210 4n four ¬¬ 145 c see
211 nth nothing ¬¬ 280 smd seemed
211 nowt nothing ¬¬ 280 semd seemed
212 tld told ¬¬ 295 sns sense
213 eys eyes ¬¬ 200 set set
213 eyz eyes ¬¬ 248 svl several
214 cty City ¬¬ 248 sevl several
215 gg going ¬¬ 27 shl shall
216 Pres President ¬¬ 28 sh she
217 y why ¬¬ 99 shd should
219 prst present ¬¬ 99 sho should
220 pn point ¬¬ 99 shud should
221 ddnt did not ¬¬ 146 syd side
224 fnd find ¬¬ 142 si since
225 sec second ¬¬ 142 snc since
226 grp group ¬¬ 64 sml small
227 ltr later ¬¬ 52 s so
228 nx next ¬¬ 230 soc social
229 rm room ¬¬ 67 som some
229 sw saw ¬¬ 67 sm some
230 soc social ¬¬ 191 somt something
231 biz business ¬¬ 191 smt something
233 prog programme ¬¬ 106 st8 state
235 /2 half ¬¬ 148 st8s states
235 hf half ¬¬ 122 stl still
239 wyt white ¬¬ 79 sc such
240 5n five ¬¬ 79 su such
241 let let ¬¬ 208 sys system
243 fm form ¬¬ 120 tk take
244 gvn given ¬¬ 59 th than
245 pe per ¬¬ 7 tt that
246 ord order ¬¬ 1 te the
247 lrg large ¬¬ 38 tir their
248 svl several ¬¬ 57 tn then
248 sevl several ¬¬ 57 thn then
249 natl national ¬¬ 35 tr there
250 imp important ¬¬ 35 ter there
253 bi big ¬¬ 36 trs there’s
254 amg among ¬¬ 69 tes these
254 amo among ¬¬ 69 tez these
255 cs case ¬¬ 29 ey they
256 oft often ¬¬ 29 ty they
257 ery early ¬¬ 279 thg thing
258 jb job ¬¬ 19 ts this
260 lokd looked ¬¬ 19 ths this
261 ev ever ¬¬ 108 tos those
261 pos possible ¬¬ 170 th0 thought
263 bs best ¬¬ 143 3n three
264 nk neck ¬¬ 95 thru through
266 flt felt ¬¬ 95 fru through
267 alg along ¬¬ 65 ti time
268 chln children ¬¬ 4 t to
268 chls children ¬¬ 212 tld told
270 chh church ¬¬ 45 oo too
270 ld lead ¬¬ 204 tok took
271 li light ¬¬ 289 trn turn
271 lyt light ¬¬ 70 2n two
272 pwr power ¬¬ 70 tw two
273 lst least ¬¬ 141 un under
273 lest least ¬¬ 141 und under
274 fmly family ¬¬ 182 uni university
275 dvm development ¬¬ 53 up up
276 int interest ¬¬ 175 upn upon
277 oths others ¬¬ 116 us us
278 opn open ¬¬ 121 uz use
279 thg thing ¬¬ 119 v very
280 smd seemed ¬¬ 127 wn want
280 semd seemed ¬¬ 127 wa want
282 aa area ¬¬ 178 war war
283 god God ¬¬ 9 ws was
284 mbrs members ¬¬ 9 wz was
285 m9 mine ¬¬ 186 h2o water
285 myn mine ¬¬ 186 wtr water
287 cny country ¬¬ 90 wy way
289 trn turn ¬¬ 39 w we
290 dor door ¬¬ 87 wel we’ll
291 dn done ¬¬ 31 wr were
292 la law ¬¬ 55 wt what
293 alth although ¬¬ 55 wht what
294 prb problem ¬¬ 43 whn when
294 prob problem ¬¬ 97 whr where
295 sns sense ¬¬ 300 wc which
296 cer certain ¬¬ 239 wyt white
297 dff different ¬¬ 44 wh who
297 dfnt different ¬¬ 217 y why
297 dfrt different ¬¬ 46 wl will
298 ki kind ¬¬ 111 wrk work
298 k kind ¬¬ 37 wd would
299 ch child ¬¬ 37 wud would
299 chl child ¬¬ 110 yr year
300 wc which ¬¬ 93 yrs years
301 ag ago ¬¬ 32 u you
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