Swype

Swype is an input method for touch screens. It was developed by the same company Swype. Swype came first on the Samsung Omnia II (Windows Mobile ) are used. The developer Swype Inc. was acquired by Nuance Communications on October 6, 2011.

Software

Operation

Swype makes it across to enter text by moving the finger or a stylus on the keyboard. Here, the finger of letter goes on to point without having to be lifted between the letters must. There are error correction and a language module used to determine the word. Swype also includes a word recognition system. Swype was developed for the use of a QWERTY or QWERTY touch screen keyboard.

The software requires less than one megabyte ( in most cases around 500 to 600 kB) on devices running Windows Mobile. Originally designed for devices with Windows Mobile, there are now also versions for Android, and Symbian S60.

Swype consists of three main components that affect the accuracy and speed: The input path analyzer, a dictionary search engine with the appropriate database, and a customizable user interface by the manufacturer.

Speed

The makers of Swype indicate that the user can reach more than 50 words per minute.

Supported Languages

Swype is currently available for about 50 languages ​​available. The developers state that continually new languages ​​will be added.

Availability

General Swype Inc. expects a similarly wide acceptance as in the input T9 technology.

Swype is pre-installed, among other things on the Windows Mobile phone Samsung Omnia II, the Nokia N9 MeeGo Smartphone and Android phones Motorola CLIQ (XT ), T -Mobile MyTouch 3G as well as some Samsung models (including Samsung Galaxy S, S II and S III, Samsung Galaxy W, Galaxy Tab, and Samsung Galaxy 3 ) Regardless of the support given by the mobile phone manufacturer is Swype can be installed separately and used in the future on Android devices. In addition, the specially created by Samsung Bada operating system also includes from Version 1.2, the Swype technology. There these as T9 Trace Continuous or writing is called and works with the text input via virtual keyboard phone - so as Text on 9 keys, only that one individually instead of each button to tap, a line between the key draws.

For Symbian ^ 1 devices from Nokia released a beta version has been available for some time, from a release candidate was released in January 2011 and will be available as a finished version for all touch screen devices the Finnish manufacturer in the foreseeable future. In Nokia Store, there is also a version for Symbian ^ 3 devices from Nokia for free download.

Competition

Swype is similar in concept to other software for handwriting recognition as SwiftKey flow, SlideIT and ShapeWriter.

Swell

  • Website of the Swype Inc. ( English)
  • Tech Crunch 50: Swype Presentation ( English)
  • CNet News: Here comes Swype (English)
  • Samsung Mobile and Swype set new Guinness World Record ( English)
  • MyTouch 3G ( English)
Android (operating system) Stylus (computing) S60 (software platform) T9 (predictive text) Ovi (Nokia)
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