Swype
Sign in to saveSwype was a virtual keyboard for touchscreen smartphones and tablets originally developed by Swype Inc., founded in 2002, where the user enters words by sliding a finger or stylus from the first letter of a word to its last letter, lifting only between words. It uses error-correction algorithms and a language model to predict the intended word. It also includes a predictive text system, handwriting and speech recognition support. Swype was first commercially available on the Samsung Omnia II running Windows Mobile, and was originally pre-loaded on specific devices.
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Vinony's link graph records 95 inbound references to Swype, and connects out to Samsung i8000, United States and France.
It sits within the topics Android (operating system) software, Android virtual keyboards and Input methods for handheld devices.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- Swype logo.png
- Software.developer
- Nuance (Microsoft)
- Software.operating system
- Android 2.2 and later, Bada, MeeGo, Symbian, Windows 7, Windows Mobile, iOS 8 and later
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.genre
- Virtual keyboard, speech recognition
- Software.license
- Proprietary
- Software.website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- virtual keyboard
- Developer
- Nuance Communications
- Platform
- iOS
- Official website
- www.swype.com
- Has use
- virtual keyboard
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- inception
- 2013-04-24
- distributed by
- App Store
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Encyclopedic overview
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Swype was a virtual keyboard for touchscreen smartphones and tablets originally developed by Swype Inc., founded in 2002, where the user enters words by sliding a finger or stylus from the first letter of a word to its last letter, lifting only between words. It uses error-correction algorithms and a language model to predict the intended word. It also includes a predictive text system, handwriting and speech recognition support. Swype was first commercially available on the Samsung Omnia II running Windows Mobile, and was originally pre-loaded on specific devices.
In October 2011, Swype Inc. was acquired by Nuance Communications where the company continued its development and implemented its speech recognition algorithm, Dragon Dictation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swype” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.