Does what its intended to do, and it does it well! Received this as part of the mupromo but it was one of the 3 apps that I really wanted, so the macupdate spring 2012 promo deal was great.

Super Support von Ergonis. Hatte mich beim Upgrade bei der Registriernummer geirrt und um ca. 20 Uhr eine Fehlermeldung geschickt. 5 Minuten später war die freundliche Antwort mit meiner verloren gegangenen Registriernummer da.
Ich bin schwer beeindruckt.

Typinator is one of those rare programs that is worth every penny of its cost. Since I work 50-60 hours a week, my most precious commodity is time, and Typinator excels at making my work more efficient.

I’m a college professor, which means I’m constantly grading huge stacks of essays. To save time and improve the quality of my feedback, I started typing my comments into a grade evaluation sheet I created in MS Excel. Students tend to make the same mistakes, which means most of my corrections and comments are the same. Typinator cuts my grading time in half because it lets me instantly insert entire paragraphs of information into the spreadsheet with the press of a few keys.

Since Typinator allows you to create separate abbreviation sets and turn them on/off with the click of a radio button, I keep one set for grading and another for my own research. Since I publish regularly in Asian philosophy, it’s nice to have the ability to instantly paste Japanese characters or Sanskrit terms (with loads of diacritical markers) without having to constantly access the Mac character palette.

The software is intuitive and stable, and the customer service from Ergonis is spectacular. When I bought my software license, I suggested on the comment form that they might want to consider offering an educational discount to teachers and students. They contacted me within the hour to discuss the possibility and they now give an educational discount. I’ve never before had a software company show so much concern for its customers (take note, Microsoft!). I would not hesitate to buy from these guys again.

I tested several text expansion programs, and Typinator is by far the easiest to use and contains the most useful features. The price might initially seem steep, but I've found it to be a very good value.

I have tried several expansion/correction programs and found Typinator the most stable and easy-to-use. When I do have a question or hit a snag, I find the developer responds ASAP. Recently, by using the sound pref to show when Typinator is working, I have been checking how much this program fixes my mistakes (and saves me time). I've been amazed at how often I hear the sound. It even works with my Microsoft apps. Everything can always be better, but, right now, I'm not sure how this program could help me more than it does.

I am a satisfied user of Typinator 4 — but this new version (an update which I'd have to pay for, too) leaves me irritated.

They do list a lot of new FEATURES, but I cannot see the BENEFITS that all these alleged features could be providing to me at the end of the day.

What I had really hoped for was a way to place my own variables into the expansion texts and have Typinator ask me for their values during expansion ("Dear {recipient}, thank you for your {stuff} ...").

If the new version doesn't have this (which I assume since I cannot see this mentioned anywhere) I might just stick with the old version — or spend the requested upgrade fee on a competing product instead.