Ergonis Software (http://www.ergonis.com) has released Typinator 5.6, the latest version of its tool for auto-typing text and auto-correcting typos systemwide across all Mac OS X applications. Introducing many behind-the-scenes enhancements, the upgrade can now insert pictures in plain text expansions and gets ready for running smoothly on Mavericks (OS X 10.9).

With a simple inclusion mechanism, text expansions can execute external scripts and include their results in the expansion. Typinator supports scripts written in in many different languages like AppleScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and arbitrary shell scripting languages.

Typinator requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later. Mac OS X 10.6 or higher is recommended.

Typinator can be purchased on the Ergonis Software web site for approximately US$32 for a single user license. A family pack for installation on up to five computers is $49. The upgrade to Typinator 5.5 is free for anyone who owns a license to Typinator 5.x.