Swype Wants To Replace Typing

by Jason Wilk on September 9, 2008

  • Swype is the latest product from the founders who brought you the predictive text technology seen on 2.4 billion mobile phones.
  • Swype provides a new way to input text on any touch screen by using one finger technology to slide through the word you want to input.
  • The founders are claiming that 50 words a minute can be achieved with one finger using this technology.
  • Shapewriter is a similar technology available as an iPhone app, but they don’t have the patented technology to roll it out amongst a multitude of screens.
  • Check out the image above, which will end up spelling the word ‘quick’.

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