Seattlebased swype is an early leader in the field, and a direct competitor to shapewriter and nuance. Along with swiftkey, swype is one of the best thirdparty keyboards, good enough to be a serious contender to replace the keyboard that comes installed on your iphone or ipad. A year ago, swype launched a new way to type on a touchscreen phone at techcrunch50. There are other swypetype keyboards in the android, such as slideit and shapewriter. Swype is using its experience and data analysis from different platforms for the past few years and the result is an app that doesnt feel like. Shapewriter is similar to swype and allows you to text and email without. Nuance acquires shapewriter, ramps up pressure on seattle startup swype. Shapewriter was made available for the iphone approximately in 2008 and was revised several times including shapewriter lite and shapewriter pro or plus before being pulled due to its sale to nuance communications see following entry those who purchased the iphone version continued to use it and it also functioned on ipads v. With t9, it is quite easy to understand that a word is not in the dictionary. How to use shapewriter for iphone to text extremely fast. Touchpal brings swypelike gesture input to the iphone, letting you type words by swiping over the keys instead of tapping on them individually. Install swype keyboard on iphone and other ios devices.
Swype keyboard app for android, ios discontinued by nuance. Thats not the only way to enabledisable swype though. Apples ios 8 to bring thirdparty keyboard support by todd bishop on june 2, 2014 at 12. Microsoft and rim agree that the apple iphone is awesome duration. With this app you can type texts extremely fast without ever lifting your finger off the keypad. For busy folks on the go, the nowdefunct swype keyboard app was a staple on their iphones. Swype is a brand new way to send text messages and emails from your cell phone. Swype could make typing easier on the iphone engadget. Type fast, swype faster the swype keyboard is a faster and easier way to enter text on smartphones and tablets. Instead of tapping out keys, you can swipe your fingers across letters to. Im assuming its because the ones that didnt work where using ios5xx.
The removal isnt due to any legal in this is a good newsbad news scenario. Samsung swype for your iphone ipod touch shapewriter. We regret to inform you the former king of thirdparty keyboards, swype, has officially retired on both android and ios. Its a stand alone app that makes you copy and paste the text you wrote. Subscribe to techcrunch for the latest tech video and read.
Its a little limited and a little buggy, but when it comes to fast and easy typing, nothing beats swiping. Nuance discontinues swype keyboard for ios and android. Ive never tried shapewriter but out of swype and slideit id have to go with swype much more cleaner and accurate for me. Couple that with swypes excellent predictive engine, and you get one of the fastest ways to type on an iphone. You dont need to worry about hitting the space bar, as lifting your finger. Touchpal is a free swypelike keyboard for your iphone. Shapewriter tries to make mobile phones, tablet computers, game pads, and all other touchscreen. Dictionary based text input systems as t9 and swypeshapewriter are will always run into problems when you try to enter words not in the dictionary. But i traded it in for an iphone 4 because i liked it way more. We would be comparing the official versions later, some day, when swype inc. It has bar for closest words in case you dont hit things just right. The standalone app on the app store gives you the swype keyboard, but restricts the text entry to within the app.
Swype slidetype android osk beta open to all hothardware. Swype is one of the most popular alternative keyboards for android devices. Swype was created by the inventor of the t9 predictive typing system used on most phones today because he. With one continuous motion across the screen, its patented technology lets you slide your finger from letter to letter and watch. Hop in swype for harder to recognize words android keyboard showdown. Swype has venture backing from samsung ventures, nokia growth partners, and docomo capital. Nuance acquires shapewriter, ramps up pressure on seattle. Swype voor ios vervangt het toetsenbord op het scherm voor iphone en ipad.
I got this to work on one jailbroken iphone but it wouldnt work on 2 that i tried. Shapewriter previously known as shorthandaided rapid keyboarding shark was a keyboard text input method for tablet, handheld pcs, and mobile phones invented by shumin zhai and per ola kristensson at ibm almaden research center and the department of computer and information science at linkoping university. But is there anything similar to swype available in the app store. I have swype and shapewriter and prefer shapewriter. But with shape writing, there will always be a word that has a shape which is closest to your pen trace. Swype comes to iphone and ipad to help you type faster imore. How do you active swype on iphone 6 iphone, ipad, ipod. Swype uses the long press screen similar to heroeris keyboard and it also has a symbol screen and an edit screen. Swiping does take a little bit of getting used to, since it. Those are basically texting programs, and then the keyboards are within those programs.
Time magazine selected shapewriter as a top iphone application and ranked it the 8. Swype allows you to trace around the keys to spell what you are saying, using a autocorrect to guess what youre trying to type. This comparison would surely show the android swype as the better one, as the ios one is not an official app and unlike the android swype, the ios one doesnt have any settings page for the swype. Met een continue beweging over het scherm kunnen gebruikers sneller en.
I know i downloaded an app a long time ago that does the same thing as swype. Shapewriter free is an amazing new iphone application based on research that began in the late 1990s at ibm. Shapewriter pro for iphone for ios free downloads and. Learn how to get swype as native keyboard on iphone tweak. Also using chomp instead of handcent due to mms capability. Every app you use, every search you perform, every message you sendthe most fundamental interface between you and your device is that handful of characters and those 26 letters on the bottom half of your screen. Swype was a virtual keyboard for touchscreen smartphones and tablets originally developed by swype inc. I downloaded swiftkey, but i guess i dont understand what all the hype is about it. Numbers puzzle game, swypes, and many more programs. If youre looking for something similar thats already appeared on the iphone, you might check out shapewriters writingpad, which we hope will be returning to the app store soon warning. Swype made a name for itself with a whole new way of typing on phones. Swiftkey is great at typing but is not as good as swiping with accuracy, speed or guessing through messy swipes. Shapewriter and gesture keyboards per ola kristensson. Shapewriter, a keyboard app removed from android market.
It does, however, let you email, message, or copy this text, or even export it to evernote. Swype is the best swiping keyboard imo, they invented that and do it very well, but arent as great at typing. The speechrecognition and imaging software giant nasdaq. It uses errorcorrection algorithms and a language model to guess the intended word. Use shapewriter for fast texting on your android phone. Swype is the most accurate and intuitive touchscreen keyboard for smartphones and tablets, featuring continuous touch technology that allows you to effortlessly slide your finger from one letter to the next with words and phrases appearing as you go. I used to have a samsung captivate and i absolutely loved the swype texting. A current search for swype on the ios app store when swype launched in the fall of 2014 alongside ios 8, it was one of the few keyboard apps that. With swype, users could type messages, emails, and search for things all with just one thumb sliding around their keyboards. Under the swype news link click the click here link. How to get swype as native keyboard on iphone tweak. Now that ios 8 is available, iphone and ipad users can choose from a bunch of different alternative keyboard apps. Swype is now available for iphone and ipad through the app store. Second, swype uses tracking paths with your finger to automatically detect and write words in an easy, fast, and efficient manner.
Swype was created by the inventor of the t9 predictive typing system used on most phones today because he felt. I have emailed both swype and swiftkeys tech support about certain issues and both are very quick to get back with you. Swype app may not get any more updates on android and ios devices nuance wants to focus on offering its ai solutions to businesses alternative apps include gboard, word flow, fleksy, apple. Ars technica swype keyboard gets major update with speech support and word prediction.
Swype keyboard for ios named apples app of the week. Swype was created by the inventor of the t9 predictive typing system use. How to get swype on iphone 4 ipod touch ipad iswipe. Swype utilizes a popup system for showing you word choices, whereas shapewriter always has a bar above the keyboard that shows the choices, leading to lost screen real estate. As you spell out your words on swype, youll see its orange tracer following your finger around. How to turn your iphones or ipads slidetotext swipe. I know that swype doesnt currently have an app for the iphone. Google now, siri, and cortana aside, the main way you interact with your smartphone is through the keyboard. This means that text documents must be written in the shapewriter app, then. Swype is the original tracing keyboard, and its ios version is very similar to the android app thats been available for years. App store or cydia the closest thing you can get to it is shapewriter in the app store, but of course, it is not integrated with apples sms application. Swype isnt currently available on the iphone and ipad. In landscape mode, swypes layout changes dimensions while shapewriters does not. The swype tracing keyboard is now available for iphone and ipad.
Im not a big fan of swype, i just recently read an article that said one of the iphones major flaws was lack of swype. Shapewriter exists on ios as well, in a crippled form due to the above. From my experience, the most troublesome app with 3rd party keyboards is messages. Select swype to switch back to the standard keyboard got to the input method menu and simply select the multitouch keyboard option. Shapewriter, a keyboard app similar to swype, has been removed from android market. In this tutorial, learn all about how to type at the speed of light using shapewriter and send messages so fast youll wonder why you ever bothered to type things out in the first place.