Glossaries supplied with Instant Text

Some of the glossary files supplied with Instant Text are provided as examples.  Others have more general usage and cover different fields.

They differ in the type of language they use and also in size:

Single10.glo

257 words

0 Phrases

3 KB

MedSingl.glo

266 Words

0 Phrases

6 KB

MedSingleV.glo

263 Words

0 Phrases

3 KB

Single_De.glo

167 Words

0 Phrases

2 KB

Single_Fr.glo

133 Words

0 Phrases

3 KB

Address.glo

0 Words

3 Phrases

1 KB

AgesV.glo

0 Words

108 Phrases

2 KB

Business.glo

4130 Words

936 Phrases

81 KB

Contract.glo

376 Words

897 Phrases

33 KB

Medsampl.glo

5283 Words

1990 Phrases

129 KB

Medabbrv.glo

0 Words

30 Phrases

1 KB

Legal.glo

3230 Words

1118 Phrases

70 KB

Internet.glo

51 Words

38 Phrases

3 KB

World.glo

411 Words

88 Phrases

8 KB

US.glo

223 Words

72 Phrases

5 KB

Demo.glo

60 Words

70 Phrases

11 KB

Empty.glo

0 Words

0 Phrases

1 KB

Shorts.glo

0 Words

143 Phrases

2 KB

Shorts2.glo

0 Words

30 Phrases

1 KB

The following additional glossaries are part of the Pro version:

MedWords4.glo

4000 words

0 Phrases

53 KB

MedPhras1.glo

0 Words

1000 Phrases

27 KB

MedPhras3.glo

0 Words

3000 Phrases

85 KB

MedPhras5.glo

0 Words

5000 Phrases

155 KB

MedStart.glo

3757 Words

5485 Phrases

208 KB

Emergency.glo

6398 Words

6319 Phrases

422 KB

ER.glo

1045 Words

3044 Phrases

155 KB

MedGen.glo

3957 Words

8872 Phrases

434 KB

Single10

Single10 contains the 10 most frequent short words starting with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet ("x" is used for words  starting with "ex"  like "except").  For these words you only need to type the first letter. Single10 is automatically used by Instant Text to supply one-letter abbreviations.

Single10 can be selected in the Options/Singles menu.  It is then automatically used when reopening Instant Text.

MedSingl

The MedSingl glossary contains an average of ten of the most frequent medical words per letter in the alphabet ("x" is used for words starting with "ex" and "x"). For these words you only need to type the first letter.

MedSingl can be selected in the Options/Singles menu.  It is then automatically used when reopening Instant Text.

MedSingleV

The MedSingleV glossary contains frequent medical words you may want to expand with a single letter. They are arranged in a slightly different order recommended by a certified medical transcriptionist.

MedSingleV can be selected in the Options/Singles menu.  It is then automatically used when reopening Instant Text.

Single_De

The Single_De glossary contains an average of seven of the most frequent German words per letter in the alphabet.  For these words you only need to type the first letter.

Single_De can be selected in the Options/Singles menu.  It is then automatically used to supply the German one-letter abbreviations when reopening Instant Text.

Single_Fr

The Single_Fr glossary contains an average of five of the most frequent French words per letter in the alphabet.  For these  words you only need to type the first letter.

Single_Fr can be selected in the Options/Singles menu.  It is then automatically used to supply the French one-letter abbreviations when reopening Instant Text.

Address

The address glossary gives a brief example of what an address glossary may look like.  Once you develop your own address glossary, you will be able to write any address by typing only two letters, and with Instant Text they expand into the entire address.

AgesV

This glossary contains abbreviations for age-related terms. It is intended to be included in or merged with other glossaries. All ages appear with digits in [Phrases]. For example, "y2" produces "2-year-old" and "y20" produces
"20-year-old"

Business

The business glossary contains the most frequent words and phrases used in business letters. It contains over 900 very commonly used phrases like "for example" or "as a matter of fact", "on the other hand" etc.

Contract

The contract glossary contains legal language and may give you an idea of how frequently used phrases can be typed with only a few keystrokes. It illustrates the kind of continuations you may get with legal language.

Medsampl

The Medsampl glossary contains medical language and may give you an idea of how words and phrases can be typed with only a few keystrokes. It also shows you how phrases are continued automatically with Instant Text. Try "tph;;;" and you will get "The patient has a history of hypertension".

Medabbrv

The Medabbrv glossary contains some frequently used abbreviations. It allows you to type them by using an even shorter abbreviation. No need to type the dots in b.i.d.!

Legal

The Legal glossary contains frequently used words and legal terms.  This may be used as a starting glossary that can be merged with or included in more specific glossaries automatically compiled from existing documents.

Internet

The Internet glossary contains frequent e-mail extensions like @worldnet.att.net and web site addresses for car rentals or hotel reservations.  You type "her;" and get the Hertz reservation site or "sh" and get the Sheraton web site address. 

World

The world glossary contains names of cities, states, and countries of the world. No need to look up their spelling!

US

The US glossary contains names of cities and states in North America.

Demo

The Demo glossary has long words such as supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, which you can write with just two letters, and formatted entries such as green or red. It also includes a few stock phrases that you may use when challenged to show your speed ("Now is the time..." and "The quick brown fox...").

Empty

The Empty glossary gives you the structure of an Instant Text glossary file that is ready to be filled with whatever you want to have in it, should you decide to do glossary entries one by one. You can rename it and make it your personal glossary.

Shorts

The Shorts glossary can be merged or included into a glossary when you want to expand with the space bar. It prevents unwanted expansions for "at", "on", "if", "cold", etc.

Shorts2

The Shorts2 glossary only contains two letter words and offers an alternative solution to prevent unwanted expansions when using expansion with the space bar.

Additional Medical Glossaries of the Pro Version

MedWords4

This glossary contains approximately 4000 very frequently used words of 7 letters or mostly longer. It can be included into your personal glossary (imported or created with Instant Text) or into one of the MedPhras glossaries of your choice. Most of these words can be abbreviated with just 3 or 4 letters.

MedPhras1

This glossary contains 1000 very frequently used phrases like "auscultation and percussion" or "no masses, tenderness or organomegaly noted" that can be included into your working glossary.

MedPhras3 - MedPhras5

These glossaries differ in size - MedPhras3 offers more than 3000 and MedPhras5 more than 5000 frequent phrases. You can include these frequently used phrases in your personal glossary or the glossaries you compile with Instant Text. The choice depends on how much visual information you want to see in the advisories.

Emergency - ER

These glossaries differ in size. They were compiled from hundreds of Emergency Room reports with different minimum word frequencies. These glossaries represent a good sample of the most frequent situations encountered in the Emergency Room and provide numerous sentence continuations.

GenMed

The General Medical glossary contains about 9000 phrases and 4000 long medical words that have been found to be most frequent in general medical transcription reports.


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