AutoText Installation and Operation
Easy to install and simple to use, but with powerful results
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Once Autotext is installed, please follow these simple rules for the best results:
1. AutoText automatically creates both the Topics file for your title topics, as well as any articles you create in the same location from where you’re running the program, i.e., if you’re running AutoText from your Desktop then you’ll see these files appear there.
2. DON’T click within the window after you click Generate. Allow the program to complete.
3. The DEFAULT number of Headings in the Article Generator is 1. This allows the AI to choose the amount of Subheadings for your article. The only time you might want to select a different number other than 1 is if you want a shorter article (2-4), or a long article (7-10).
4. ALWAYS do a final proofread before posting your articles.
1. Download, Extract, and Copy to Desktop
Once you’ve purchased AutoText you’ll immediately be provided with a download link to the software installer. Simply download it, run the installer, agree to the terms of the license agreement, and you’ll be presented with the window such as the illustration here, where if it doesn’t already indicate the path is to your Desktop, then select Browse, click on Desktop, choose OK, and then click Install. You’ll see the AutoText Writer program on your desktop.
2. Run AutoText
Get your OpenAI key and add it to the Authentication page
When you double click the AutoText executable on your desktop you’ll be shown the Authentication page of the program that will require you fill in with your API key from OpenAPI, (which is free to obtain, and for now they’re giving everyone $18 of free credit that is the equivalent of almost 900 articles that are 750 words long).
You can sign up for your OpenAI API key here: OpenAI signup page
Here’s where you’ll find you key once you sign up: Your OpenAI API key
Add your AutoText Open Source License key
Since we’ve decided to go Open Source with our software, there is no charge for a license. Simply add “OpenSource” (without the parentheses) to the License Key window before you hit Verify.
Hit “Verify”
Once you’ve added both keys and hit Verify and get the message that says Verified, then you can start using the software. Whenever you run the software afterward it will open up with your credentials prefilled in the Main screen, so all you have to do is click the Verify button to connect your software to the AI.
Important Note: Even though there’s no credit card required to sign up for OpenAI and there’s enough credit in their free signup to last you a very long time, be aware that if you get a little crazy with running AutoText to create a TON of articles all at once or you try to create article with more than 20 sub-headers (that’s a very large article), then you might run into lagging their server. It usually clears up, but if it doesn’t then they may require you to add a credit card to your profile if they see you’re doing a lot of volume. Even with a credit card and doing the high volume, the charges are still minuscule, but they still require it.
3. The Topic Generator
Creating a multitude of titles you can use for articles and posts is as simple as defining 2 keywords / key-phrases, choosing how many results you’d like, and then hitting the “Generate” button. Once the progress bar is full, if you’re running it for the first time you’ll see a text file appear on your desktop title “Topics”. All future Topic Generation tasks will append the results to that file so you never lose any titles you created.
4. The Article Generator
Creating your choice of essays, social media posts or website blog articles is as easy as choosing a title, selecting the language you’d like it to be written in, deciding on how long you’d like it to be by setting the number of “Headings – also known as Subheadings” (the default number is 1 which will allow the AI to determine how many subheadings to choose), choosing the writing style and the writing tone you’d like it to be written in, and hitting the “Generate” button. Once the progress bar is full and the task is complete, you’ll see a new text file appear on your desktop with the title of the article that the AI just wrote. From there you can simply copy and paste the article into either your website’s blog post for publishing (just do a quick proof and add whatever backlinks or formatting you’d like), or to a Word doc or PDF writer. If you don’t have a PDF writer then Word has a save function that converts it to PDF.
There might be times where you want to try out variations of the writing styles and tones to see which combination returns the type of results you prefer, so as long as the title stays the same the text file it’s saved to on the desktop will append all your variations to that same file. Any time you ask the Article Generator to write a new article using a title you haven’t already used (and isn’t on your desktop) then it will create a text file for that new article on your desktop.
