Dicom Portable 1.1.1 has been released. Dicom Portable is a word completion accessibility utility designed to make it easier to type words with fewer keystrokes in every app. It runs from the system tray and pops up word options after a configurable number of keystrokes. It can also be adapted with your own word selections for programming and other tasks. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format for easy use from any portable device and integration with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.
Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Features
Dicom Portable allows you to complete words in fewer keystrokes making it a valuable tool for users with motor and coordination impairments. It includes English and French dictionaries of words and you can add your own words using the configuration icon in the system tray. After entering a few characters, a list of word options pops up with the ability to hit F1 to F10 to select the appropriate word. The app can also be used for your own dictionaries for programming and other subjects. The app will appear in French or English to match the PortableApps.com Platform. When used alone, you can switch languages by editing the Data\settings\DicomPortableSettings.ini file and setting Language= to English or French.
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
Dicom Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
Download
Dicom Portable is available for immediate download from the Dicom Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Comments
Oops.
Sounds like an interesting app. Unfortunately, I'm getting the following error:
Page Not Found (404 Error)
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
Fixed
It's a dash instead of an underscore. Sorry about that!
No worries...
Thanks for the new shiny app. I gotta feeling I'll be using this one, a lot.
DICOM ?????
When I first read the headline with the name of this new tool I was expecting something completely different .... Dicom is a communication standard in medical imaging. ...
Yeah
I know about that. But the base app is named Dicom, so the portable version is named similarly.
Publisher missing
I first thought Dicom was a PortableApps.com homemade program because "publisher" in Dicom page doesn't mention original publisher like it is for AkelPad.
And, by the way, thank you for the few new apps you released in the past few weeks.
Fixed
The page was copied from another Accessibility app, On-Screen Keyboard Portable, which is a home-grown app. Hence the oversight. It was always linking to the publisher's page in 'learn more about' and other links. I've updated it with the proper publisher, including the now-defunct original publisher. Thanks for the heads-up. And you're welcome for the new apps.
Super !
Thank you
It's nice to finally see the
It's nice to finally see the accessibility category getting a new addition.
Bugged in MS Word
Dicom seems to work perfectly in Notepad or other plain text fields, but when using MS Word it consistently misspells the words it inserts... e.g. "Sovnreign" instead of "Sovereign", "Coreorate" instead of "Corporate" etc. etc... it doesn't seem to matter what format the document is in as I get the same results in both .docx and .rtf formats. (note: I have set Dicom to offer suggestions after 3 letters, if that changes anything)
Is this a problem with Word 2010 alone or is anyone else experiencing the same error?
Bugged in MS Word
I've had exactly the same problem with 2010. It works well on NotePad, Open Office, One Note and even Notes field in PPT. Worked on Word documents in Compatibility mode but if I just start Office 2010 from scratch and type it randomly replaces the first additional letter with something different hence technology becomes technylogy. When I checked in dictionary to delete technylogy there was no sign of it.
Interestingly after trying various contexts where it did work, when I came back to 2010 on the same laptop it started working again.
It's a great programme and I'm recommending it to lots of library services and colleges/universities but the Word 2010 thing makes it difficult.