Monday, August 15, 2005
Shorthand-Aided Rapid Keyboarding (SHARK) Ready for Release?
Posted by Darius Wey in "NEWS" @ 04:00 AM
"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. "In the long run this will be one of the major interaction methods for mobile devices," said IBM researcher Shumin Zhai. Dubbed Shark (Shorthand-Aided Rapid Keyboarding), the team say the software is ready to go into commercial development and could be bundled with PDAs in the coming months."
We've posted on SHARK before so it isn't really new news, but the team at IBM's alphaWorks believe that they are now ready to develop a commercial application utilising this technology for use on handheld devices. At around 60-70 words per minute, this is something worth keeping an eye out for in the near future.
We've posted on SHARK before so it isn't really new news, but the team at IBM's alphaWorks believe that they are now ready to develop a commercial application utilising this technology for use on handheld devices. At around 60-70 words per minute, this is something worth keeping an eye out for in the near future.
