{"id":20662,"date":"2018-02-22T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=20662"},"modified":"2018-02-22T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:22:38","slug":"swype-keyboard-discontinued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/22\/swype-keyboard-discontinued\/","title":{"rendered":"Swype Keyboard Discontinued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naunce<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Nuance will no longer be offering the Swype keyboard on iOS app store. We’re sorry to leave the direct-to-consumer keyboard business, but this change is necessary to allow us to concentrate on developing our AI solutions for sale directly to businesses.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Ron Amadeo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While Swype has a patent<\/a> for “System and method for continuous stroke word-based text input,” for whatever reason that wasn’t enough to stop everyone on Earth from copying Swype’s gesture typing. Google made gesture typing a standard feature in Android’s default keyboard, and Microsoft did the same for Windows Phone 8.1<\/a>(back when that was a thing). Third-party keyboards on iOS and Android have taken the idea, too, and today you can “swype” on Swiftkey, GoKeyboard, TouchPal, Ai-type, and a million other options.<\/p>\n

By the time Swype finally launched in the Play Store, all the copycats had greatly limited the appeal of Swype’s 99 cent app. Swype’s ultra-slow rollout and OEM deals meant it never got a head start on creating a large user base, and, by the time it was finally for sale, it was too little, too late. Now it’s dead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously: iOS 8 Keyboards<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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