Maybe I missed it, but I don't think I saw any demonstration of correcting words that were typed with one fewer or one more letter than the intended word. The absence of tactile feedback when typing makes this a fairly common error -- anyone know if their algorithm is capable of handling it?
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Re: Fleksy - Awesome new predictive text input method
#33Windows phone pretty much does exactly this already. It's horrid. I genuinely think that a better solution is to buy a phone with T9 if you have input problems or like to enter stuff when not looking at it. You simply NEED a tactile interface to do that effectively. I carry a Nokia 3330 and Lumia 710 around. The 3330 is still a thousand times easier to enter text messages into. I can use it with my eyes shut and make…
T9? Seriously?
I think you're an outlier, my friend.
Re: Fleksy - Awesome new predictive text input method
#34Maybe I missed it, but I don't think I saw any demonstration of correcting words that were typed with one fewer or one more letter than the intended word. The absence of tactile feedback when typing makes this a fairly common error -- anyone know if their algorithm is capable of handling it?
My iPad app needs very few keystrokes to spell most words - only the first letter has to be correct. You can see how few keystrokes need to be pressed to type full sentences in this demo: http://ktype.net/demo (app is now free: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ktype-free/id550288060)
I wrote my own algorithm that parses through a dictionary of one-million words and phrases in real-time (even one iPad 1) and suggests the most probable word based on the letters you've typed and in context of the last 2-3 words you typed. This means, typing 'P' after 'HARRY' will suggest 'POTTER' instead of 'PUT', 'PICK' or other common words that start with 'P'. I haven't made my algorithm public yet but when I have some time, I intend to, especially if there is a demand for it.
Re: Fleksy - Awesome new predictive text input method
#35Windows phone pretty much does exactly this already. It's horrid. I genuinely think that a better solution is to buy a phone with T9 if you have input problems or like to enter stuff when not looking at it. You simply NEED a tactile interface to do that effectively. I carry a Nokia 3330 and Lumia 710 around. The 3330 is still a thousand times easier to enter text messages into. I can use it with my eyes shut and make…
T9? Seriously? I think you're an outlier, my friend.
I'm definitely not. I think your perception is warped by your social circles which is probably smart-phone oriented.
The overwhelming majority of the handsets getting shifted out are feature phones and below and they are mainly shipping with T9. Have a Google round for the stats - they are not hard to find.
These stats also only cover traceable sales. There are a lot of second hand sales.
T9 with some sort of tactile keyboard and some practice results in considerably less errors and corrections being made compared to a touch screen with a standard QWERTY keyboard.
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#36Can anyone explain how this works? Seems like total black magic to me... the dude is typing random gibberish and it still figures out the word? Then he's just tapping randomly on the screen, gibberish comes out, then turns into the word he wanted?
Don't mean this to sound unintelligent, the video was just crazy. What kind of key proximity algorithms are behind this?
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#37Assuming this achieves some mainstream success, Apple offers "the bullet or the bribe" (get bought out or we just rebuild your product in house and destroy your business) in 3... 2... too cynical?
Getting bought out by Apple is basically their only option for mainstream success on iOS because of the way iOS's keyboards are locked down. A keyboard like this loses a lot of its usefulness if every app has to implement it via SDK separately, because it is far better to have a consistent keyboard system across all apps.
So I'm cynical too but from a different angle -- Apple has already fixed the game when it comes to alternate keyboards (unlike Android where you can install 3rd party keyboards that work system-wide).
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T9? Seriously? I think you're an outlier, my friend.
I'm definitely not. I think your perception is warped by your social circles which is probably smart-phone oriented. The overwhelming majority of the handsets getting shifted out are feature phones and below and they are mainly shipping with T9. Have a Google round for the stats - they are not hard to find. These stats also only cover traceable sales. There are a lot of second hand sales. T9 with some sort of tactile…
Yes, the world is a big and poor place. But in the United States where (like other developed nations of course) people have the financial means to choose, the majority of phones sold are smartphones. And T9 is generally looked at like rotary dial.
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#39But you still have to type! I'll take Swype every time.
While I do love my Swype (especially as, similarly to the claims made by this keyboard, I am getting close to being able to "touch type" on it), I really, really like how this keyboard looks. Just letters, no fake key edges or anything like that, I think it's a huge improvement in the usage of the space available. There are several keyboards available for Android that just plain suck on this front, with more space ta…
I can't get Swype to stop autocorrecting normal words to gibberish, no matter how many times I remove the gibberish word from the dictionary. For example, every time I type "do" it becomes "siop" and nothing I can do impacts this.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm definitely not. I think your perception is warped by your social circles which is probably smart-phone oriented. The overwhelming majority of the handsets getting shifted out are feature phones and below and they are mainly shipping with T9. Have a Google round for the stats - they are not hard to find. These stats also only cover traceable sales. There are a lot of second hand sales. T9 with some sort of tactile…
Yes, the world is a big and poor place. But in the United States where (like other developed nations of course) people have the financial means to choose, the majority of phones sold are smartphones. And T9 is generally looked at like rotary dial.
Rubbish. Going back to September 2011 as I can't find any newer stats:
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/40-percent...