19 February 2007

XT9 to Replace T9
predictive text grows up

T9® software has set the bar for mobile usability, creating mobile user experiences that help drive consumer demand for and use of mobile communications devices and services. The T9® portfolio now includes XT9 Mobile Interface: a first of its kind multi-modal user interface solution for feature-rich smartphones and advanced mobile devices.

This pioneering user interface is designed to enable users to easily switch between input modes, as well as alternate between numbers, letters, symbols and languages, making it faster and easier to input text.

Few weeks ago I wrote abut the next generation of mobile interface technology and trend with new buttons-less handset that signals that mobiles as we know them may soon be a thing of the past. Tegic now delivers the ease and speed of T9 text messaging on more kinds of mobile devices. The XT9, mobile interface is a multi-modal solution that supports the wide array of form factors and input modes found in today's mobile device market.

The biggest and really only important upgrade is an updated word prediction list and spelling correction. XT9 recognizes common spelling mistakes and will correct it for you.

As I am personally a some kind of fan of the t9 input system this improvements sounds very good and promising for my point of view.

XT9™ Mobile Interface

Tegic now delivers the ease and speed of T9 text messaging on more kinds of mobile devices. The XT9™ Mobile Interface is a multi-modal solution that supports the wide array of form factors and input modes found in today's mobile device market.

Form Factor Versatility
XT9™ software is a powerful text entry solution that works on a wide variety of form factors. This includes traditional 12-key phone keypad, hard and soft QWERTY keyboard, half-QWERTY keyboard and handwriting.

Mode transitions
XT9™ software makes it easy to switch between input modes on devices that have more than one way of entering text. For example, XT9 will support a device with both traditional 12-key input and a touchscreen. Users have access to XT9 in all modes on the device, making it faster and easier to input text regardless of how they enter it. Switching between numbers, letters and symbols is also easy. And XT9 supports auto-accenting of words, a plus for typing in many European languages, like French, Spanish and Italian.

Regional error correction
Typing on the little QWERTY keyboard found on most mobile devices, it's easy to hit a wrong key. XT9 compensates for the challenge presented to big fingers by tiny keys.

For example, if you inadvertently type in "m-o-o-b," XT9 presents "moon" because the "b" is just one key away from the "n," and the word "moon" is a more likely choice.

Languages
The XT9 Mobile Interface is available in 25 languages