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Keyboard Writer Helper v1.9

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@github-actions github-actions released this 03 Nov 06:26
· 4 commits to main since this release
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1.9

  • Keyboard hook watchdog. Windows can silently drop a keyboard hook, after which
    the app never sees another key and corrects nothing. If you have been typing or
    clicking but no key has reached the app for a few seconds, the hook is installed
    again. stats.txt shows how often this happened.
  • New app icon and logo (assets/), also built into the exe.

1.8

  • stats.txt now lists which programs' keys were ignored and why (excluded program,
    administrator window, full-screen window, password box), as counters only.
  • Word, Excel, Outlook, browsers and other writing programs are no longer mistaken
    for full-screen games (Focus mode, F11).

1.7

  • Built-in fixes from open misspelling data: Wikipedia lists of common misspellings,
    the Birkbeck corpus, Peter Norvig's data, LibreOffice AutoCorrect and the GitHub
    Typo Corpus. About 3,200 pairs, each checked against Windows' own spell checker and
    the app's tests. Credit and licences: THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
  • tools/build_open_fixes.py rebuilds that list.

1.6

  • More built-in fixes (hundreds of common misspellings), Windows phrases
    (windows defender) and more verbs for subject-verb agreement (it behave).
  • Words that are not in the frequency list rank lower, so dehaves becomes behaves.
  • its becomes it's in more places (its not, its a, its been).
  • theres, whats, youre and similar contractions are fixed.

The portable build is KeyboardWriterHelper-net40.exe (no install; runs on any Windows 10/11). KeyboardWriterHelper-v1.9-net40.zip is the same with the readme. Checksums: SHA256SUMS.txt.