Tag Archives: word completion

Acer A100 review, part 1: accessibility and input

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

A friend of mine sent me an Acer Iconia A100 tablet (16 GB) and stand for Christmas hoping I could use it; he’s a big Android fan. (Also, he felt bad that the Lilliput touchscreen didn’t last very long.) I’ve … Continue reading →

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Multilingual word prediction: Virtual Keyboard Review

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

After Google Scribe went, so did a source of free multilingual word prediction. So I went looking for another one. I forget how I found it, but I did find one: Virtual Keyboard.

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Quick review: Project Possibility onscreen keyboard

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Because I can’t sleep, I am playing with the onscreen keyboard from Project Possibility.

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Reduce dwell click lag in Google Scribe

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

I mentioned in my review of Google Scribe that the ten second window for choosing a suggestion can be problematic in list view because of a possible lag in going between the arrow keys and Space or between a dwell … Continue reading →

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Google Scribe: great word prediction with word processing

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

UPDATE: Scribe is no longer a standalone page, nor does the bookmarklet appear to be available anymore since becoming a Blogger tool. I am leaving the review up as information.

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Turbo Type with onscreen keyboards

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

I’d been under the impression you couldn’t use Turbo Type with onscreen keyboards at all. I was mistaken; Turbo Type works, for the most part, with the Hot Virtual Keyboard. (I should really edit my review of HVK now that … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Keyboard review: flexible, excellent for spelling

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

As I mentioned before, it is difficult to use a standard onscreen keyboard with the touchscreen because of the visual clutter. In order to write with the touchscreen, I needed something that would let me concentrate on the words entirely. … Continue reading →

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Turbo Type update: French

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

Turbo Type word completion/prediction has been updated. If you’re using English, there’s nothing new functionally. But if you know French, there’s now a dictionary for it, meaning people can switch among English, Romanian, and French completion in the same program … Continue reading →

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How to get “smart punctuation” with word prediction/completion

Posted on October 11, 2009 by

This AutoHotkey script is a way to make punctuating more efficient when using word prediction or completion with automatic spacing enabled. Using this script, you don’t have to backspace in order to punctuate after predicting a word. When you press … Continue reading →

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How to “edit” the Turbo Type prediction dictionary

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

If you’re using TurboType in the US and a word you want is behind several British spellings, it can take a while for your word to move up a level. However, if you really use that word often, you can … Continue reading →

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