Comments on: Software wants to predict your thoughts

Predictive Keyboard comes with a 31,000-item dictionary. Type in a few keystrokes and the computer attempts to spell the rest.

[Sentinel]

Oh no! It can't be!

Oh no! Not a software for completing my words. The most annoying feature a word processor can have is word completion. I really like to be in control of what I write and I do not need software to tell me what I'm writing or how to write it. These feature is very annoying in programs like MS Word and OpenOffice.org Write. If I'm typing I like to look at the screen while typing, but the word processor's suggestions often confuse me and I end up typing the wrong letters. I think a better feature is to write your document completely and then use the spell checker option (that's what I would do if I used spell checking features at all). Perhaps some may find this software useful, but I know I won't.

[hackingbear]

are you any of them?

QUOTE:
The software is geared toward people with physical disabilities or conditions such as dyslexia, who may have trouble typing. It will also be marketed to nonnative English speakers, said a representative of the company, based in Vancouver, Canada.

[mbehren]

Please re-think your position

What about those that are disabled, and typing is a struggle? We use this software very effectively as an assistive technology...

Mike

[Sentinel]

Oh no! It can't be!

Oh no! Not a software for completing my words. The most annoying feature a word processor can have is word completion. I really like to be in control of what I write and I do not need software to tell me what I'm writing or how to write it. These feature is very annoying in programs like MS Word and OpenOffice.org Write. If I'm typing I like to look at the screen while typing, but the word processor's suggestions often confuse me and I end up typing the wrong letters. I think a better feature is to write your document completely and then use the spell checker option (that's what I would do if I used spell checking features at all). Perhaps some may find this software useful, but I know I won't.

[hackingbear]

are you any of them?

QUOTE:
The software is geared toward people with physical disabilities or conditions such as dyslexia, who may have trouble typing. It will also be marketed to nonnative English speakers, said a representative of the company, based in Vancouver, Canada.

[mbehren]

Please re-think your position

What about those that are disabled, and typing is a struggle? We use this software very effectively as an assistive technology...

Mike

[Bill Dautrive]

ugh!

This sounds like an annoyance more then anything. And more bloat to various bloated office apps.

Thanks, but no thanks.

[Bill Dautrive]

ugh!

This sounds like an annoyance more then anything. And more bloat to various bloated office apps.

Thanks, but no thanks.