What is Skippy?

Skippy is a powerful, corrective word prediction package. Skippy does not just predict words while you type, it also corrects errors and suggests alternative predictions. You can use Skippy in most Microsoft programs. When typing, the number of keystrokes can be significantly reduced by using word prediction.

Skippy can also be used as a spell checker. When starting up Skippy for the first time, two columns are displayed. Both the software and the manual always refer to these columns as List A and List B. List A contains the conventional word predictions, List B suggests alternative word predictions and corrections.

The word predictions in Skippy are based on an extensive word prediction list. This word prediction list contains information about words and word pairs. By editing the word prediction list you can change the word predictions. This is how you can train Skippy to learn your own personal word lists. You can do the following:

edit the word prediction list as you type
train the program to learn existing text files
manually change the word prediction list
create new word prediction lists

If you are writing a French text, obviously you need to choose a French word prediction list. For most texts, the default word prediction list will meet your requirements. For example, if you want to write a lot of texts about football, we would advise you to use a word prediction list that contains a lot of words and expressions that are specifically related to football. Skippy allows you to combine the English "default" word prediction list with a "football" word prediction list.