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BBAutoComplete adds word auto-completion to scriptable applications. You type the start of a word, press a key, and BBAutoComplete types the letters to complete the word. If BBAutoComplete guessed wrong, you can keep pressing the key to cycle through other possible completions.

Text expansion tools are exactly suited to automatically add the accents, graves, and acutes to words as you type. TextExpander offers a free expansion pack to add a list of accented English words automatically, but you could add them to any text expansion tool yourself.

Dustin Oakley from The Crass Pip blogged about Mac based Text Expansion tools in the last AT Carnival:
Text Expansion: Wasting Time Trying to Save Time tells of my travails as I tried several tools to improve my typing speed. I recently added an addendum, Text Expanders Revisited. While this reads too much like an [...]

1Password is:

The most widely used password manager for Mac OS X.
The only password manager with integrated anti-phishing technology.
An automatic form filler with support for credit cards and multiple identities.
A highly secure database to keep track of web site logins, secure notes, identities, credit cards, bank accounts, and software registration information.

Website: 1Password
ATMac Comment: 1Password can put [...]

I already wrote about TextExpander, but here’s a little more information from Lifehacker about what text expansion is and why it can save keyboard users time and energy:
Save Time With Text Substitution is a general introduction which mentions both Mac and Windows programs for text substitution.
TextExpander Gets Even Better is an in-depth look at the [...]

San Francisco, CA — October 16, 2007 — SmileOnMyMac has released TextExpander 2.0, a new version of its customizable typing shortcut tool for Mac OS X. With TextExpander, users can define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, also known as snippets. When an abbreviation is typed, it expands automatically to the full snippet. The [...]