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Swype: The Revolutionary Next-Generation of Text Input

Swype is a revolutionary text input solution that allows typing speeds exceeding 20 words per minute without a physical keyboard. It uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard but instead of tapping each letter, the user traces a path through the letters of a word with a finger or stylus. Swype's path processing algorithms produce the intended word even if the tracing path is inaccurate, allowing for rapid typing speeds for novices. It represents a major advancement in text input for touchscreens and devices used by people with disabilities.

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Swype: The Revolutionary Next-Generation of Text Input

Swype is a revolutionary text input solution that allows typing speeds exceeding 20 words per minute without a physical keyboard. It uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard but instead of tapping each letter, the user traces a path through the letters of a word with a finger or stylus. Swype's path processing algorithms produce the intended word even if the tracing path is inaccurate, allowing for rapid typing speeds for novices. It represents a major advancement in text input for touchscreens and devices used by people with disabilities.

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SWYPE

The Revolutionary Next-Generation of Text Input

ABSTRACT
Swype is a revolutionary text input solution that allows speeds exceedin !" wp# Without a $ey%oard& Ideal for touch screens 'or( adapted pointin devices& Swype is ta)in the industry %y stor#* and represents the first +uantu# leap in text input for people with disa%ilities since word prediction was introduced over ,- years a o& You have to see it to %elieve it& .nd when you do* you will %e stunned& Swype is a patented software text input syste# for stylus- or fin er-%ased touch-screen devices that allows the user to easily input text at speeds exceedin !to "- words per #inute& Swype uses an on-screen virtual /0WERTY1 )ey%oard 'the standard )ey%oard layout(* %ut instead of pointin and tappin on each letter* the user traces an approxi#ate /connect the dots1 path throu h the letters of a word& The stylus 'or fin er( is placed down on or near the first letter and is )ept in contact with the screen while slidin fro# letter to letter* liftin fro# the screen when the last letter is reached& In this way* each word is input %y enterin a si#ple path that passes throu h or near its letters& Spaces are enerated auto#atically* and individual characters or entire words can %e shifted to upper case with si#ple estures perfor#ed in enterin the path for a word& Swype2s path processin al orith#s #a)e it possi%le to input the patterns +uic)ly %y eli#inatin the need for accuracy 3 the intended word is produced even when there are spellin errors or ross path entry errors* ensurin success for novices and rapid increases in input speed&

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