Keypoint technology helps streamline typing
A Glasgow software company is to use a successful funding round to further develop and market its innovative multilingual text software product.
Keypoint Technologies (KPT) is developing the text application for devices like PDAs, and the first smartphones using its patented Adaptxt system will be unveiled in Autumn.
The system developed by KPT reduces the number of key strokes needed to type messages on handheld devices as the software learns the user’s writing style.
“Most predictive text systems are based on how often a letter is used,” explains KPT chairman Peter Waller.
“If you start with a ‘t’ there is a fair chance you will get ‘the’ or ‘that’. Adpatxt is based on context and learning. The more you use it the more it becomes familiar with your style.”
The company was founded by computer programmer Sanjay Patel who designed the prototype for his software to make typing easier for his brother, who lost an arm in a car accident.
Scottish Enterprise has supported KPT, which is based at the Hillington Park innovation centre, with funding and support grants since inviting Patel to relocate from Croydon.
For further information, visit the KeyPoint Technologies website