Re: Text entry
Ben wrote: Of course, the advantage of OpenMoko is that we wouldn't have to choose :-) I think I'd phrase it a bit differently: the advantage to me of OpenMoko is that we *get* to choose, rather than the manufacturer choosing for us! To drag the conversation back to text input briefly (downside of having been away is that I have to revive long-dead threads!), there's one suggestion I'd like to make to improve the dictionary function (as used for T9 and some of the alternatives). Would it be useful to add 'temporary words' to the T9 dictionary, which would include, among other possibilities, (a) all names in the address book, and (b) all words in the text/email to which I am replying. Use case: Say I've received a text from a friend along the lines of You coming to Borat tonight? And I want to reply with Been meaning to see Borat: have you asked Bertie and Aesop? Borat, Bertie and Aesop are all words which aren't in my phone's dictionary, so I have to type them in manually - but Borat is in the text I'm replying to, and the other two are in my address book. Adding them to a 'temporary' extra dictionary would make my life a lot easier. This might already have been done in some phones - it seems obvious enough to me that I'm surprised it hasn't been done in mine. Cheers, Ben ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Text entry
Dnia piątek, 1 grudnia 2006 02:20, David Ormsbee napisał: So when I first heard about this phone, I mocked up this idea: http://dave.hereticmonkey.com/musings/phone_keyboard.html Just my two cent idea. Criticisms/improvements are certainly welcome. Did you thought about languages other then English? What about national chars? Switching languages during write? My native language is Polish, I write notes, contacts, events, todos on my current phone (SE k750i) and it handle national chars without problems. When I want to enter English words I can switch to it so T9 dictionary will get English instead of Polish etc.. -- JID: hrw-jabber.org OpenEmbedded developer/consultant Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. -- Voltaire ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
Text entry
On Thursday 30 November 2006 00:17, Alexander Steinert scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: What do you think about T9? Touching instead pressing keys could speed up the process noticable. And the user has the option to fit the geometry of keys to his fingers. Another option is JetKeys http://www.jet-way-tech.com/home.html (sorry about the annoying infinitely repeating Flash demo) although I don't know if it is subject to IP issues or not. There is IBM's ShapeWriter (aka Shark) that I mentioned previously. I don't recall if that there's any IP on that one, either. http://www.almaden.ibm.com/u/zhai/shapewriter.htm Jumpx (aka Fitaly) already has an open source implementation at http://jumpx.sourceforge.net/ Though it is stylus oriented in the current implementation. Apparently the Xerox patent on single stroke character recognition (the one that pushed Graffiti out of PalmOS) was ruled invalid a couple of years ago (just discovered that today - doh!), making something like Graffiti an option. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Text entry
On 12/1/06 12:27 AM, Christopher Heiny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jumpx (aka Fitaly) already has an open source implementation at http://jumpx.sourceforge.net/ Though it is stylus oriented in the current implementation. I found this guy's idea quite interesting a while back: http://www.strout.net/info/ideas/hexinput.html -Sean ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Text entry
Hi folks, So when I first heard about this phone, I mocked up this idea: http://dave.hereticmonkey.com/musings/phone_keyboard.html I had originally wanted to make something that would be compatible with phones that have physical buttons (hence the 3x4 grid), but I'm beginning to think that I should just give up on that and put a giant spacebar button on the side. Also, I never thought about making capital letters by the way you slid your fingers off of a key before reading this thread. It sounds like an awesome idea. I haven't tried mocking this up on any physical device yet, though I will probably do so when I get back home in a few weeks. Just my two cent idea. Criticisms/improvements are certainly welcome. Take care. Dave On 12/1/06, Sean Moss-Pultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/1/06 12:27 AM, Christopher Heiny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jumpx (aka Fitaly) already has an open source implementation at http://jumpx.sourceforge.net/ Though it is stylus oriented in the current implementation. I found this guy's idea quite interesting a while back: http://www.strout.net/info/ideas/hexinput.html -Sean ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
