The Background On Swype

Last week Todd wrote a post about Swype, the alternate on-screen keyboard now in beta for Android phones. The creator of Swype, Cliff Kushler, also invented the T9 word prediction software found on many cell phones. A New York Times article includes quotes from Kushler about Swype and makes for some interesting reading. In the article you learn that he took seven years to develop Swype, that Swype is planning to show their software to Apple, and that they have plans to integrate voice recognition into their keyboard.

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