Episode #23 - Text Blaze

SHOW NOTES:

Text Blaze Website: https://blaze.today/ 

Text Blaze Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-blaze/idgadaccgipmpannjkmfddolnnhmeklj 

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TRANSCRIPT:  (full transcript link)

Hello and welcome to episode number twenty-three of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.

In this week’s episode, I will be talking about Text Blaze.

With Text Blaze, users can create templates for commonly used phrases, email signatures, and other text snippets, and then use keyboard shortcuts or custom commands to insert them into any web form or document. This can significantly speed up tasks like filling out forms, composing emails, or writing reports.

This is how it works:  Save any "snippet" of text in Text Blaze as a template and give it a shortcut.

You could try /ty for a sentence that reads thank you very much. Then, whenever you need that text, you simply type the shortcut and the snippet text will be substituted for it wherever you are in Chrome. It works in docs, slides, gmail, forms, or wherever there is a textbox!

With the free version of Text Blaze you can have up to 20 snippets and up to 2,500 characters in each snippet. There are also pro and enterprise pricing solutions for a personal or institution-wide upgrade.

I have used Text Blaze now for a few months and I have a few repetitive phrases that I have made snippets for and I simply just type the shortcut and voila the whole text is there. It is an amazing little tool - I encourage you to give it a try.

Do you want to learn more about edtech in your learning environment? Check out my website - tricialouis.com. There you can explore my resources, subscribe to my weekly email newsletter, and contact me. And if you like this podcast, consider supporting it by going to buymeacoffee.com/talouis and pledging your contribution to the one-five.

Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 

Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!

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