Users who are tired of the inefficiency of their touchscreen keypads may now breathe a sigh of relief. TouchType introduces the beta of its SwiftKey software which claims to revolutionize the way people type messages out on their touchscreens. The software makes use of patent pending language technology to envisage the whole word as the user is typing.
The beta is presently available for smartphones operating on the Android platform. The solution’s robust prediction engine can enhance the typing speed by up to 50 percent. This would surely make the work easier for users who are constantly message friends and colleagues. The earlier prediction technologies used to rely on word lists, whereas the SwiftKey operates on complex language models. These models can comprehend how words are pooled together into sentences.
“We’ve analysed over 50 billion words in nine major languages to build the models that drive our prediction engine,” asserted Medlock, TouchType’s Chief Technical Officer. “SwiftKey is the first text entry app on the market to harness the incredible power of statistical language processing. It takes predictive text to a whole new level, resulting in an unparalleled user experience.”
The SwiftKey software renders support to languages such as US and UK English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish. The innovative next word prediction engine is based on word context. Hence, almost one-third of the coming words are predicted without putting any character. The solution swiftly and comprehensively learns the handset owner’s style of writing and then subsequently offers significant predictions.
The software functions on an intuitive and pioneering user interface. It comes with a superior error correction function which is developed for small mobile keyboards. The latest offering from TouchType also carries an automatic accent insertion for non English character entries. Further, the software incorporates inline spelling and grammar corrections.
The SwiftKey software can now be downloaded as a free app from the Android Market.