Comments on: Simplify Making Address Book, Calendar Entries with Anagram
Textual has released Anagram, an application that interprets plain English text to create new address book, calendar, to-do list, and memo records. Text from any source on a Windows PC, such as an e-mail, website, or other document, can be captured by the app by pressing a single key. Anagram then makes sense of the meaningful parts of the text and sorts them to the correct fields in a new record in the Palm Desktop app. It costs $25.
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RE: sounds like AddressGrabber...
I.M. Anonymous @ 10/8/2001 3:06:10 PM #
There's another program called AddressGrabber that works just fine with Outlook, Palm Desktop, and about a gazillion other programs (ACT!, Lotus, Wordperfect, Eudora, etc.). I own it and it works flawlessly.
RE: sounds like Syncplicity...
I.M. Anonymous @ 10/8/2001 5:48:19 PM #
Syncplicity works great and its only $10!
I used it to import addresses from 6 committees I had to juggle.
For a datebook, to-do list importer you can try the free ware Actioneer for the desktop.
I used it to import addresses from 6 committees I had to juggle.
For a datebook, to-do list importer you can try the free ware Actioneer for the desktop.
I'd like to check out this product to see if it is any better.
cheers
RE: sounds like Syncplicity... but works better
I.M. Anonymous @ 11/8/2001 1:36:30 PM #
So far, anagram works much better than Syncplicity. I never have to fiddle with the data. There
are no templates, no fuss. This thing really works! The interface is much cleaner, too.
are no templates, no fuss. This thing really works! The interface is much cleaner, too.
Actioneer?
I.M. Anonymous @ 10/8/2001 6:42:03 PM #
Is it just me, or does this sound an awful lot like Actioneer for Windows?
Anybody try it out yet?
I never use Actioneer for addressbook entries, I don't really find entering data too cumbersome. On the Palm Desktop software (Mac), however it's a pain. Of course, it's just wishful thinking that they'd release a Mac version of this. *sigh*
Anybody try it out yet?
I never use Actioneer for addressbook entries, I don't really find entering data too cumbersome. On the Palm Desktop software (Mac), however it's a pain. Of course, it's just wishful thinking that they'd release a Mac version of this. *sigh*
- kezza
RE: Actioneer?
I.M. Anonymous @ 11/8/2001 1:32:39 PM #
Actioneer doesn't seem to recognize addresses at all, unless they are re-typed into Actioneer's
desired format. anagram takes addresses in any format, even with excess ASCII art, and puts
everything in the correct field automatically.
desired format. anagram takes addresses in any format, even with excess ASCII art, and puts
everything in the correct field automatically.
HandStory can do that also.
I.M. Anonymous @ 10/8/2001 11:35:23 PM #
HandStory can converter any text to Doc, Memo, Address from Windows to Palm. Also it has Doc viewer for Palm.
However, this program looks good, too. I will try both programs for my Palm and Windows.
BTW, Syncplicaty is good, tood. I hope there will be more easy and intelligent address converting program for Palm and Windows soon.
- Young
= Newton many years ago
I don't want to look like a veteran but ...
Newton (Apple) had this feature built in.
You could just write a sentence like "lunch with Fred tomorrow" and it would had an entry in your agenda and select the right personn for 12:00 ...
Any thing like this in the Palm World ?
Newton (Apple) had this feature built in.
You could just write a sentence like "lunch with Fred tomorrow" and it would had an entry in your agenda and select the right personn for 12:00 ...
Any thing like this in the Palm World ?
RE: = Newton many years ago
I.M. Anonymous @ 10/9/2001 10:28:13 AM #
I still have a newton (an eMate 300). True, you can enter in text and have it translated to the datebook, etc, but it's not as streamlined, quick, or accurate as Actioneer has been on my Palm. The speed thing might just be that it's an eMate (read: slow), but usually I find it easier to just open up the Dates application and enter the stuff in manually, rather than bothering with the translation process.
just my $.02
-kezza
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sounds like Syncplicity...
I wonder if this Anagram thing is the same way? Has anyone actually tried it? I don't put much stock in press releases any more.