Applications
A check-list of applications for work in languages
- Word-processors
- Notes
- Bibliographical tools
- Text editors
- Markdown
- Touch typing
- Snippets
- PDFs
- Unicode
- Phonetic transcription
- Corpora tools
- Image editors
- Colour
- Screenshots
- Media players
- Browsers and search engines
- Utilities
Tip
Before downloading and installing applications, check your operating system, e.g. Windows 32-bit or 64-bitWord-processors
- LibreOffice (with the following add-ons: Linguist; LingTools; and Typography Toolbar)
- Google Docs
- Microsoft Word
Notes
Bibliographical tools
Text editors
Markdown
- Haroopad
- MarkdownPad (Windows)
- Marked2 (macOS)
- Typora
Touch typing
- Klavaro (Windows)
- Rapid Typing (Windows)
- typing.com
- Typist (macOS)
Snippets
- aText Typing Accelerator (macOS and Windows)
- Beeftext (Windows)
- FastKeys (Windows)
- Phrase Express (Windows)
PDFs
- Adobe Reader
- Inkscape
- PDFCandy (Windows)
- Preview (macOS; pre-installed)
- Skim (macOS)
Unicode
- Analyse string (r12a)
- BabelMap (Windows)
- List characters (r12a)
- UnicodeChecker (macOS)
- Unicode character pickers (r12a)
- Unicode code converter (r12a)
- UniView (r12a)
Phonetic transcription
- IPA Keyboard (macOS and Windows)
- IPA Standard Picker (r12a)
Corpora tools
Image editors
Colour
Screenshots
- LightShot (macOS and Windows)
Media players
Browsers and search engines
Utilities
- 7-Zip (Windows)
- Alfred (macOS)
- Archive Utility (macOS, pre-installed)
- PeaZip (Windows)
- The Unarchiver (macOS)
- Wox (Windows)