OpenAdaptxt ™: An Open Source Enabling Technology for High Quality Text Entry
Mark David Dunlop, Sunil Motaparti, Prima Dona, Naveen Durga, Roberto De Meo · Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) · 2012
Modern text entry systems, especially for touch screen phones and novel devices, rely on complex underlying technologies such as error correction and word suggestion. Furthermore, for global deployment a vast number of languages have to be supported. Together this has raised the entry bar for new text entry techniques, which makes developing and testing a longer process thus stifling innovation. For example, testing a new feedback mechanism in comparison to a stock keyboard now requires the researchers to support at least slip correction and probably word suggestion. This paper introduces OpenAdaptxt: an open source community driven text input platform to enable development of higher quality text input solutions. It is the first commercial-grade open source enabling technology for modern text entry that supports both multiple platforms and dictionary support for over 50 spoken languages. Author Keywords Touch-screen keyboard design optimization