Touch screen predictive text entry - Swype & Shapewriter
2 companies have recently released software that aims to speed text entry on touch-screen devices. The prospect of this very promising, especially for mobile devices. Hopefully the accuracy is improved since a wrong suggestion can wipe away the perceived benefits of several right ones.
ShapeWriter™ makes mobile phones, tablet computers, game pads, and all other touch-screen devices more useful – and user friendly.
The next step in the evolution of touch-screen
technology has arrived. ShapeWriter makes using touch-screen devices
easier, faster and more enjoyable than ever before. Ideally suited for
touch-screen devices such as mobile phones, handhelds and tablet
computers, ShapeWriter’s cutting-edge text input technology helps
manufacturers of these devices create the most innovative new products
for consumers.
Here’s a demo of their iphone app:
And similarly,
Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen.
With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard,
the patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier
than other data input methods—at over 50 words per minute. The
application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as
phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens
and more.
Simply Trace a Path
The word “quick” was generated from tracing the path shown above in
a fraction of a second, by roughly aiming to pass through the letters
of the word. A key advantage to Swype is that there is no need to be
very accurate, enabling very rapid text entry.
