Brad Adrian
05-16-2002, 05:14 PM
<a href="http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&amp;sectionId=0&productId=22253">http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&amp;sectionId=0&productId=22253</a><br /><br />I know we've already spent some time discussing our <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=892&highlight=fitaly">favorite input methods</a> for our Pocket PCs, but here's one that only a few people have heard of. The WordLogic Keyboard, while based on the typical QWERTRY layout, offers a couple of new twists to text entry.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/wordlogic.gif" /><br /><br />First, this keyboard provides a bit more predictive capabilities than an ordinary keyboard. Like the standard keyboard, it suggests completed words as you type in letters; however, it also highlights individual keyboard characters as you type, suggesting the next most-likely character you'll need. Second, the WordLogic keyboard allows "chunking," a streamlined way to create compound words. By using a simple gesture, the user can "attach" words to each other, creating words such as "forefinger" or "government-supported."<br /><br />Other features include:<br /><br />• Rapid text entry using a soft-keyboard, no additional hardware to carry <br />• Colors indicate when to stop typing - red means stop <br />• 5 word chunks are predicted at a time <br />• 5 letters are predicted reducing search time for the next key <br />• Gesturing technology allows long words to be assembled rapidly <br />• Fully supports left-handed users with a special mode <br />• Supports multiple dictionaries at once (for example English and French at once!) <br />• Supports special dictionaries for medical, legal and other business needs <br />• Desktop tool allows personal words to be collected from documents, emails, tasks and other respositories <br />• Words can be added on-the-fly as you type them <br />• Support for over 45,000 words per dictionary in a compact size <br /><br />I decided to give this a try for a little while and liked it. I'm not sure that highlighting the next most-likely character is important to most people with keyboarding experience, but I can see the chunking as being useful for people saddled with inputting technical or jargon-riddled text. I also like how easy it is to add new words to the user dictionary.<br /><br />So, now I believe I've tried just about all of the add-in input methods available:<br /><br />• AccessPanel<br />• Calligrapher<br />• Compaq Folding Keyboard<br />• FITALY<br />• Stowaway and other full-size keyboards<br />• Thumb-pad keyboard<br />• WordLogic<br /><br />Have I missed any (that aren't experimental, like speech recognition)?