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I've used both PC SH & Instant Text and they are comparable ... would love to hear comparison (s

Posted By: dandelion on 2009-08-12
In Reply to: Can someone recommend a good text expansion program? Thanks! - MTAL

Shorthand (or my version of it) seems to have a compatibility problem with the Bayscribe platform Expander ...so I just use ShortHand (I don't know if it's just my quite old version or not) ...

I switched from Instant Text to Shorthand when the in-house Meditech job I was working agreed to install Shorthand for the department.

I believe they both have 90 day or some such downloadable trials.

If you have more than one computer, it's not a bad idea to buy the disk and documentation so if you need/want to reinstall it, it's there ... though that may be old school thinking on my part.

Good luck.


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