Recognising the Patterns of Words – New PDA input method
BBC News Reports: Total recall boosts PDA writing
The idea of remembering word patterns and connecting the dots might not sound like an easy way to write an e-mail.
But IBM researchers are betting that tracing letters on a touch screen will become the way to write on a handheld device like a PDA or mobile phone.
They have developed software that works by recognising the patterns of words.
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In order to tap into this unrealised potential, the IBM team came up with software that works by using geometrical patterns to represent words.Instead of tapping out letters or writing a word on screen, you trace each letter in a single, fluid stroke. The keyboard on screen shows the shape of the word.
Interesting new method, we will se if this new input method for PDAs is practical too…
