askSam has been around a long while, and is a useful way to store information. The company has been showing off, for years, by tossing all sorts of PD literature and other information into its own program, You can then search by using a purchased version of the product, or a free “viewer”. From Shakespeare to confirmation hearings to US Budgets to transcripts of Presidential Debates, check here. The askSam folks appear to have very eclectic tastes.
But we just loved the headline on the Press Release introducing the new version:
askSam Releases askSam 7 to Organize Information
Accurate, certainly, but doesn’t really tell us a lot. Well…when you read the entire thing it looks a little better.
Perry, FL — askSam Systems is now shipping version 7 of askSam, its popular free-form database software. askSam lets you organize, search, and analyze both structured and unstructured information. askSam can create searchable databases from different types of data, including email, word processing documents, Web pages, PDF files, spreadsheets, and other databases.
askSam 7 offers a completely new way for askSam users to organize and navigate their information. Dynamic Folder View lets you place your information in folders and sub-folders based on field content. So everything is organized, dynamically, as you enter it. Save Word Documents, PDF files and other documents directly into folders, even save Web Pages directly from Internet Explorer. askSam 7 also allows you to drag and drop attachments, such as images or other documents, directly into an askSam database.
In addition, the program — and the Reader? —
[. . .]now connects with all major web search engines like Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Windows Live, and more. Highlight a word or phrase and right click to immediately perform a web search directly from askSam. With the askSam Home Page you can now open and search multiple files from one screen. The home page provides immediate access to create a new database, your most used askSam files, common features, and more.
And, as everything else, these days, faster and better.
Also included are faster searching, improved user interface, a tabbed file interface, automatic updates and the ability to narrow your search results by searching only within the results of a search.
I hadn’t realized that askSam didn’t have the ability to search within the “hits”. We use that sort of thing elsewhere, and it is useful.
Pricing begins at $150 and jumps to $400 if you want full text indexing. For more information, to buy, or to download a 30 day free trial, surf over to www.asksam.com
We’ll try to review the new version in the next few weeks.
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