Slideit
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SlideIT is a text input method
for touchscreen
devices developed by Dasur Ltd based on pattern recognition.
, lifting only between words.
SlideIT uses advanced pattern recognition and error-correction algorithms together with a complicated language model and word database to ensure maximum accuracy of outputted text while allowing the user a lot of freedom and inaccuracy in entering text. This allows for text input at much higher rates than normal mobile phone and other small touch-screen keyboards.
Based on this engine, Dasur has developed this generation of text input solutions for mobile phones and PDAs.
ThumbKey's technology brought the touchscreen method to a more accurate and easier level of operation with the option of using only one hand. Dasur's ThumbKey used a unique algorithm that allowed users to just press in the general vicinity of the required key for the intended word to appear on the screen. The algorithm processed the typed letters and its disambiguation feature suggested the intended word and also displayed additional possibilities next to the keyboard.
In 2009 the two keyboards were merged into one product branded SlideIT which offers an 'ABC' mode with the ThumbKey unique algorithm and the 'Slide' mode with the sliding algorithm. At the end of 2010 Dasur released a new version for Symbian and in early 2011 version 3.0 for the Android was released.
SlideIT currently has 40+ freely available language packs: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Belorussian, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Qwerty, Dvorak and Colemak layouts), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
keyboard, types 33 words per minute
. PDAs and smartphones allow much slower speeds. Sliding style keyboards for touch screens can increases typing speed by 30-40% and yields potential typing speeds of more than 50 words per minute – matching the average speed of a professional typist. A sliding style keyboard, as of Late 2010, holds the world speed record for text input into a mobile phone.
, Windows Mobile
and Symbian S60
v5. SlideIT for iPhone
and Windows Tablet PC
will be available soon.
There is a free demonstration version limited to 14 days and a full commercial version which is sold on Dasur's web site, the Ovi (Nokia)
store, and on the Android Market
.
Input method
An input method is an operating system component or program that allows any data, such as keyboard strokes or mouse movements, to be received as input. In this way users can enter characters and symbols not found on their input devices...
for touchscreen
Touchscreen
A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...
devices developed by Dasur Ltd based on pattern recognition.
Product
SlideIT allows a user to enter a word by sliding a finger or stylus from letter to letter on a virtual keyboardKeyboard (computing)
In computing, a keyboard is a typewriter-style keyboard, which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys, to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches...
, lifting only between words.
SlideIT uses advanced pattern recognition and error-correction algorithms together with a complicated language model and word database to ensure maximum accuracy of outputted text while allowing the user a lot of freedom and inaccuracy in entering text. This allows for text input at much higher rates than normal mobile phone and other small touch-screen keyboards.
Developer
Dasur is a technology company that specializes in complex mathematical applications. Over the last 20 years, Dasur has developed a powerful pattern recognition engine which can be the basis for many applications.Based on this engine, Dasur has developed this generation of text input solutions for mobile phones and PDAs.
History
The first version was released on 2007 as two separate keyboards, ThumbKey and SlideIT.ThumbKey's technology brought the touchscreen method to a more accurate and easier level of operation with the option of using only one hand. Dasur's ThumbKey used a unique algorithm that allowed users to just press in the general vicinity of the required key for the intended word to appear on the screen. The algorithm processed the typed letters and its disambiguation feature suggested the intended word and also displayed additional possibilities next to the keyboard.
In 2009 the two keyboards were merged into one product branded SlideIT which offers an 'ABC' mode with the ThumbKey unique algorithm and the 'Slide' mode with the sliding algorithm. At the end of 2010 Dasur released a new version for Symbian and in early 2011 version 3.0 for the Android was released.
Languages
The keyboard can be customized with a primary and secondary language, and the user can switch between them at any time by pressing a button.SlideIT currently has 40+ freely available language packs: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Belorussian, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Qwerty, Dvorak and Colemak layouts), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
Speed
The average computer user, using a standard full-size QWERTYQWERTY
QWERTY is the most common modern-day keyboard layout. The name comes from the first six letters appearing in the topleft letter row of the keyboard, read left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to Remington in the...
keyboard, types 33 words per minute
Words per minute
Words per minute, commonly abbreviated wpm, is a measure of input or output speed.For the purposes of WPM measurement a word is standardized to five characters or keystrokes. For instance, "I run" counts as one word, but "rhinoceros" counts as two...
. PDAs and smartphones allow much slower speeds. Sliding style keyboards for touch screens can increases typing speed by 30-40% and yields potential typing speeds of more than 50 words per minute – matching the average speed of a professional typist. A sliding style keyboard, as of Late 2010, holds the world speed record for text input into a mobile phone.
Availability
SlideIT can be run on any Android phone or tablet computerTablet computer
A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...
, Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
and Symbian S60
S60 (software platform)
The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic...
v5. SlideIT for iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
and Windows Tablet PC
Tablet computer
A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...
will be available soon.
There is a free demonstration version limited to 14 days and a full commercial version which is sold on Dasur's web site, the Ovi (Nokia)
Ovi (Nokia)
Ovi by Nokia is the brand for Nokia's Internet services. The Ovi services can be used from a mobile device, computer or via the web. Nokia focuses on five key service areas: Games, Maps, Media, Messaging and Music. Nokia's aim with Ovi is to include third party developers, such as operators and...
store, and on the Android Market
Android Market
Android Market is an online software store developed by Google for Android OS devices. Its gateway is an application program called "Market", preinstalled on most Android devices, allows users to browse and download mobile apps published by third-party developers...
.