Re: Auto-suggestion tool

[Katarina Bovin <office -at- abc-tech -dot- se>]

Brilliant! Thank you very much, Joe!

SDL Author Assistant seems to have what I am looking for. I don't expect it
to be cheap, but I shall investigate it further.

All the best,
Katarina


2012/3/18 Joe Pairman <joepairman -at- gmail -dot- com>

> Hi Katarina,
>
> If it's for a team of writers and you have a reasonable budget, perhaps
> one of these solutions could be configured to your needs:
>
> SDL Global Authoring Management System
> http://www.sdl.com/en/xml/products/sdl-global-ams/#tab3
>
> Acrolinx IQ
> http://www.acrolinx.com/acrolinx_iq_en.html
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Katarina Bovin <office -at- abc-tech -dot- se>wrote:
>
>> Thank you very much Jessica and Margaret for your tips about Word's
>> built-in functions. They are good, but ideally I would like the computer
>> to
>> give suggestions within the subject I am writing (how far has the
>> development of computers can read brain waves come? :-). Well, I should
>> let
>> you know that I am comparing a bit with the functions in my translation
>> tool, where the suggestions popup in a suggestion list, but then again the
>> term suggestions are generated from a translation memory.
>>
>> Have a nice evening!
>>
>> All the best,
>> Katarina
>>
>>
>> 2012/3/16 Weissman, Jessica <WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com>
>>
>> > No way that I know of.  Autocorrect is designed for one-to-one
>> > substitutions.
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: katarina -dot- bovin -at- gmail -dot- com [katarina -dot- bovin -at- gmail -dot- com] On Behalf Of
>> > Katarina Bovin [office -at- abc-tech -dot- se]
>> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:01 PM
>> > To: Weissman, Jessica
>> > Subject: Re: Auto-suggestion tool
>> >
>> > The only problem (as far as I can see it) is that you need to press F3
>> to
>> > see the suggestion. What if you are not sure which term to use and wish
>> to
>> > see some suggestions from your own dictionary after you have typed 1-3
>> > letters?
>> >
>> > /Katarina
>> >
>> >
>> > 2012/3/15 Weissman, Jessica <WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com<mailto:
>> > WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com>>
>> > This is precisely what Word's AutoCorrect feature does.   You can add
>> your
>> > own items to the built-in list.
>> >
>> > -  Jessica
>> >
>> >
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