DIGIT WIRELESS' TRACE INTERFACE REVOLUTIONIZES TEXT INPUT - BY ALLOWING USERS TO TYPE WITHOUT TYPING

Solution allows touch-screen users to "trace" words quickly on mobile devices, handheld computers, tablet PC's, laptops, desktops and other devices with virtual keyboards

Burlington MA - September 4, 2008 - Digit Wireless, Inc., the Interface innovation company known for the award winning Fastap Keypad Technology, unveils the TRACE interface - a revolutionary software enhancement that allows users to write words quickly and accurately by "tracing" words on touch-screen virtual keyboards and other devices with physical capacitive sensing keyboards.

The TRACE Technology Platform (Digit Wireless' Patent No, U.S. 7,175,438) may be used on any device with capacitive-sensing capability, including touch-screens and touch keypads, and may be adapted for any variety of languages or symbols. To input a word, the user simply places a finger over the first letter, skims over each letter that forms the word, and then lifts at the end to activate the final letter... displaying the word on screen. Spaces are inserted automatically at the end of each word.

While tracing, the system performs a dictionary lookup to determine which word the user intended. In the event the user was not completely accurate, or if more than one word can satisfy the trace, word prediction software suggests alternative word options. Word prediction engines that work with TRACE can have a vast dictionary with the ability of the user to add unique words instantly.

The TRACE Technology Platform allows a device or computer manufacturer maximum flexibility as the system & method will work with any virtual or physical keyboard and can be enabled to work cross platform with any mobile device and desktop operating system.

Touch-Screen mobile devices and computers enabled with TRACE can also have both tap and trace text entry methods. Due to the unique nature of the TRACE text input method where the finger or stylus doesn't leave the surface of the device when creating a word, device manufacturers do not necessarily need to incorporate tactile feedback which users have identified as an issue with virtual keyboards on touch-screen devices.

"Digit Wireless is constantly at work innovating new interface technologies for mobile and computing devices. TRACE, our latest text input method and system was originally conceived in 2003, granted a patent in 2007 and is now available for license," said Robert Blumenthal, CEO of Digit Wireless.

For more information on TRACE contact Digit Wireless, Inc. (www.digitwireless.com)

About Digit Wireless
Digit Wireless is a leading user interface innovation company dedicated to simplifying the understanding, usability and interaction of handheld devices. As the pioneer and innovator of the patented Fastap Keypad Technology and TRACE, Digit Wireless provides its customers with powerful tools to improve user experience, enhance differentiation, and drive new service revenues. Digit Wireless is headquartered in Burlington, MA with offices in Toronto, Beijing, Shanghai, and London. For more information, visit www.digitwireless.com

 

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