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Swype: Next generation touch-screen keyboard input 12 Sep 2008
The inventor of T9 (predictive text) for mobile phones, Cliff Kushler, is back with a new input mechanism for touch-screen devices. His new technology, Swype, works with a standard onscreen QWERTY keyboard (like the one on the iPhone); however, instead of tapping letters out individually, you press your finger or stylus on the first letter, then, without lifting it, trace a path through the remaining letters that form the word. Check out the video to see this process in action:
[via cnet news]
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4 comments so far
Jeff 12 Sep 2008 12:37 PM
That looks a lot like IBM's SHARK!
JJ 12 Sep 2008 01:56 PM
Seems like an obvious candidate for iPhone adoption to me - especially since you can implement it in addition to the standard 'hunt and peck' typing that is already supported (thereby enabling those who want to swype to do so; without impacting those who don't/won't/can't).
Tim Jones 12 Sep 2008 03:39 PM
Hmmm...I'd be interested to know how it handles repeating letters. For example, how do you differentiate words like "rot" and "root" when you swipe them?
Swopaywax 9 Apr 2010 03:37 AM
Hi
I placed an order on ebay January 19th, and it was shipped out the 22nd (I contacted the seller). Am I jumping the gun in assuming my package is never going to arrive?