http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just $4.99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. $4.99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard $8.99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:52 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=377 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/08/22/special-offer-ended-august-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=348 buy TypeIt4Me for the downright silly price of just .99 (USD). There's no need to rub your eyes, you read that right. .99 in US dollars. That's £2.99 for those of you in the UK and 3.99€ for eurozone dwellers. We've gone soft in the head with Lion mania and to celebrate the imminent launch of Apple's latest big cat operating system - Mac OS X 10.7 - we've temporarily slashed the price of TypeIt4Me in the Mac App Store by 75%. If you act fast, you can grab yourselves a stonking great bargain. Even those of you who have already purchased a TypeIt4Me licence from us directly in the past might wish to consider grabbing it from the Mac App Store* now while it's as cheap as chips. Doing so would entitle you to free updates for all future TypeIt4Me 5.x versions, meaning you could avoid stumping up the standard .99 fee for upgrades that will otherwise come into effect 18 months from your initial purchase. Food for thought, no? Why not spread the word and let your friends get a slice of the action, too. ...Mmmmmmm, tasty, tasty TypeIt4Me. * Note that before buying it from the Mac App Store, you will need to quit your existing copy of TypeIt4Me and move it from your Applications folder to the Trash. Don't worry, your existing clippings and settings will be preserved. After purchasing TypeIt4Me from the Mac App Store, simply double-click your clippings file (usually stored in Home or Documents folder and ending in .typeit4me).]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/16/special-offer-75prcnt-off-typeit4me-in-mac-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:16:38 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=305 New or changed features in TypeIt4Me 5.2:

• We've added a spiffy new Date / Time Math function that will expand a date abbreviation of your choosing to a calculated-on-the-fly date and / or time in the future. Or in the past, for that matter... It's better than a flux capacitor, really. Great Scott!
• There's a new way to issue a SHIFT-TAB (which can move the cursor to a cell to the left in a table or to a previous field in a form).
• As requested by one of our customers, we've introduced another 'hidden' option. It tells TypeIt4Me not to use just the first four characters of what you've copied to the clipboard as a default suggestion when proposing an abbreviation in Add a Clipping: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool NO For now, the above command needs to be copied and pasted - or typed - in Terminal as the option is not currently included in TypeIt4Me's preferences screen.  If this feature proves popular we will look into making it more user friendly in a future release. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you can revert to normal by firing up Terminal again and entering the following line: defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu shortenProposedAbb -bool YES

]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/07/08/typeit4me-5-2-is-released-today/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=297 We are happy to report that since we released version 2.0 of SpeakMyTunes yesterday, it has climbed all the way to the top of the Mac App Store's free Music downloads chart in Italy. Not only is it occupying the number one spot in the Music category, but at the time of writing it's also the seventh most popular free app overall. It's great to see people enjoying SpeakMyTunes and giving us so much positive feedback. We will of course continue development and add further features in future. Grazie mille.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/10/speakmytunes-hits-no-1-in-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:37 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=269 SpeakMyTunes 2.0 is available for download now. You can grab it straight from our website or, if you prefer, from Apple's Mac App Store. It was just a bit of fun when we launched it, but SpeakMyTunes has proven to be quite a hit. In a few short weeks our freeware song announcer for iTunes has been downloaded by thousands of music lovers across the globe. We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response: your positive feedback and suggestions just keep pouring in. As you might expect, we're pretty jazzed that people are enjoying SpeakMyTunes and finding it useful. Encouraged by your kind words and great ideas, we've gone on to add some spiffy new features. This is what's new in version 2.0:

• You can now compose your own announcement, by combining and reordering any of the available song information tags with custom phrasing you type yourself.
• There are four new song information elements: Genre, Composer, Year and Comments.
• Pausing iTunes during SpeakMyTunes announcements is now optional.
• We've added an independent volume control for voice announcements.
• The application icon can be displayed in the dock only, in the menubar only, or in both.
• SpeakMyTunes has been localised for French, Spanish and Italian users.

That's it for the time being. We hope you'll get a kick out of these improvements - we've certainly enjoyed the challenge of implementing your requested features. Anyway, have fun tweaking SpeakMyTunes to your hearts' content and keep the feedback coming. We love to hear your thoughts. Toodle pip...à bientôt...adiós...and arrivederci!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/06/09/speakmytunes-2-is-out-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:07 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=250 SpeakMyTunes. This latest addition to the Ettore Software product lineup is a song announcer for iTunes. It can read out loud the title of the song currently playing in iTunes, then cheerfully inform you who's performing it and which album it's on. If, like us, you have less than perfect vision and despair of having to squint in vain to read the tiny text in iTunes, you might want to try it out. It's also useful for free roaming spirits who listen to shuffled playlists while wandering about the room. Granted, it's not going to cure the common cold or make you coffee in the mornings, but it is free, so why not take it for a spin and let us know what you think?]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/05/15/speakmytunes-a-free-song-announcer-for-itunes/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:59:17 +0000 Guy http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=239 download it to your iPhone for free. Why not whip it out during the ceremony and wipe away a tear as you salute the monarchy and listen to our cherished London icon belt out its famous Westminster Chimes? Ding Dong!]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:13:57 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=228 here and tell all your friends.]]> http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/23/bigben-2-now-in-itunes-app-store/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:58:45 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=219 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/04/03/typeit4me-5-145-adds-ppc-support/feed/ 0 http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/03/27/typeit4me-5-1-44-released-today/ http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/2011/03/27/typeit4me-5-1-44-released-today/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:56:46 +0000 Riccardo http://www.ettoresoftware.com/news/?p=213 New or changed features:

• Added Show Duplicates.
• Added warning when pasting clippings (cmd-v) would create duplicate(s).
• In Edit Clippings window, cmd-F now moves keyboard focus to search field, cmd-L to clippings list.
• Periodic file save now only happens if there are unsaved changes.
• The position of the vertical split bar in Edit Clippings window is saved and restored.
• Added the following 3 options, each requested by a single user: - defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu noFadeEffectOnMainWindow -bool YES - defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu dontProposeContentsOfPasteboard -bool YES - defaults write com.typeit4me.TypeIt4MeMenu AddCmdQ -bool YES The above commands need to be typed in Terminal as there is currently no UI for them in the preferences.
• Added "ALMOST EQUAL TO" (Unicode 2248) to set of punctuation signs (".,+-~/") that can precede numerals in abbs that expand number+suffix combos.
• Users can now add more than one backspace symbols at the start of clippings.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed crashes when launching TypeIt4Me when its preferences file has become corrupted.
• Restored "Trigger on period(.) followed by another delimiter" functionality.

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