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I've tried lots of input tools in the past, and text expanders have some very nice advantages. lmk = "Let me know what you think.") This is truly a multipurpose linguistic tool! Actually, I mostly use this tool for full phrases I use a lot in e-mail (e.g. You can also create codes for math symbols (" all" = ∀ (upside down A)), emoticons and icons ( hrt = ♥ (heart)) and even common words or phrases that you use a lot but don't want to type out ( dvrk = Dvořák) or ( rdetr raison d'être). In my case, I created abbreviations for many phonetic symbols (e.g. What both these tools is allow you to create abbreviation codes for symbols, words, phrases and even entire paragraphs. Lately though, I've been introduced to a class of text expander tools such as TextExpander (Mac) and Breevy (Windows) that has truly been a life saver. These go way beyond the range of "everyday" accented letters

For instance as a linguist, I may be entering phonetic symbols, logic symbols or random characters from a variety of languages. A Unicode issue many people have is how to enter stray symbols not found within the range of normal entry utilities.