My go-to apps
Last updated: 2024-11-24
- Backup (online): Backblaze
- Backup (local): Macrium Reflect
- Browser: Chrome
- Clipboard manager: ArsClip)(also great: CL3)
- CSV editor: Rons Data Edit
- Ctrl+Alt+Delete: System Informer (formerly called ‘Process Hacker’)
- Desktop search tool: dtSearch
- Dictation: Talon, Dragon Professional 16, Voice Access (Win 11), VoiceMacro
- Email: Gmail
- File manager: XYplorer (dual-pane file manager)
- Invoicing: LSP.expert
- CAT tool: CafeTran (my current favourite), Trados Studio, memoQ
- Machine translation: Google Translate, DeepL[1], Amazon Translate, Microsoft Translator, ModernMT, various LLMs
- Note-taking: Nuclino
- Scripting and automation: AutoHotkey (‘AHK, the ultimate glue on Windows.’[2])
- Terminology: 1. MediaWiki (Beijerterm.com), 2. LogiTerm, 3. Xbench
- Text editor: EmEditor
- Text expander: AutoHotkey
- Automated app/time tracking: RescueTime
- Voice commands: Talon Voice, WhisperTyping
- Websites: MediaWiki-powered wiki
- Website downloading tool: Cyotek WebCopy, HTTrack
- ↑ See my recent post on Proz.com about DeepL’s appalling customer service and how they have now banned me from getting their DeepL Pro subscription: ‘Wow, I am no longer allowed to get a subscription to DeepL (‘due to internal policies’)!’
- ↑ https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=127698