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Shorthand-Aided Rapid Keyboarding
An anonymous reader writes "IBM's famous reseach lab for nanotechnology, micoelectronics and exotic science, Almaden Research Center, has released an advanced, efficient, pen-based text input method for mobile computing, that allows you to trace letters on the keyboard to enter a word rather than typing each letter individually. The new technology provides a more fluid, smooth, and natural interaction (see demo ) than tapping on stylus keyboards."
Agreed. But no matter how much I do like it it's bound to be better than the current system most PDAs use.
I can't see myself memorizing too many words over 5 letters though, even after repeated use. They tend to just look like random scribbling.
If you touch type, you already have memorized patterns for many words over 5 letters in length. Every word that I am typing is one that I have typed many times before. I never think of where the keys are anymore . I just... type the words.
That is the beauty of SHARK. You'll eventually be able enter a word pattern, rather than focus on where the letters are.
The sensible thing to do would be to not worry about the extra letter, and translate the stroke for b-a-l-o-n to balloon in the dictionary subsystem. Ambigous entries aren't really any more of a problem with this since it looks like they already have them and have dealt with them with the drop-down correction box.