I finally got around to implementing one of the most fun new features in TextExpander 2: the ability to set a sound preference per snippet group. I always thought it would be great to have a different alert sound for autocorrection expansions. Before the new version, when I was happily typing along and heard the default TextExpander sound (the classic TE “pop”), I would worry that I had typed one of my shortcuts by accident. I’d stop, look, and realize that once again, I had misspelled “accomodate”.
Now I’ve set up the Autocorrect Snippet Group with a different sound: “oops!” It was so easy:
1: I downloaded the sound at The Freesound Project, a huge collection of user-contributed sound files, made available under a Creative Commons License. Registration is free and is required for downloading.
2: I dragged the sound file “9020_WIM_oops.wav” into my home directory’s Library>Sounds folder.
3: In TextExpander preferences, I selected the Autocorrect group and clicked on the Sound drop-down menu. The “oops” was now one of the choices. (If the System Preference pane is already open to TextExpander, you might need to close it and reopen it.)
I think the possibilities are interesting and endless. If you’ve got a sound that would make a great TextExpander alert, let us know in the comments. Even better: upload it to the Freesound Project and give us the link!
