[brlug-general] Word Prediction/Completion

[Joe Fruchey]

You are effing kidding me. You just changed my life, man.

*grabs 770 and tries it*

It works!! Maybe I should read that user's guide.

The word completion works exactly the same on the N800 as the 770 (I
played around with the OS2007 hacker edition for the 770), but I would
always hit the rightmost suggested word instead of a space. Not a
problem anymore!

Thanks.

Oh, a quick N800 question: How do you put the device to sleep? (You
can answer that off-list)

On 7/10/07, Adam Melancon <adammelancon at gmail.com> wrote:
>  "I turned it off on the 770, because inevitably, I would type something like 'to,' and press a space, and I would end up with 'tomorrow' or something similar."
>
> It doesn't work like that on N800.  As you type, the spacebar shrinks to the right and it shows you the remaining endings of 4 words on the left of the spacebar.  Click on the ending you want and it fills it out.  Plus you can draw a line on the keyboard to the right for 'space', left for backspace, down for enter, up for the 'shift' of whatever letter you draw it on.  Neat stuff!
> Oh! And it detects a stylus press or a finger press on a text entry box.  If you use your finger, you get a fullscreen keyboard to finger type.
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: Joe Fruchey  <jfruchey at gmail.com>
> To: general at brlug.net
> Sent: Tue Jul 10 2007 10:26:19 PM CDT
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Word Prediction/Completion
> Thread hijack!!
>
> The N800 looks pretty sweet, albeit pricey. The 770 otoh, I snagged on
> woot.com last week for a mere $130. I am totally digging that thing.
>
> Back to the word completion, though, I turned it off on the 770,
> because inevitably, I would type something like 'to,' and press a
> space, and I would end up with 'tomorrow' or something similar.
>
> And the Maemo site is for developers, whereas the word completion is
> built in to the custom OS (which is Debian-based).
>
> Joe
>
> On 7/10/07, Adam Melancon <adammelancon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't know what app my Nokia n800 is running in the background, but it runs linux and the text prediction is pretty good.  I'm typing on it right now!
> > Perhaps the software that is on the n800 is available for use.
> > Try checking http://maemo.org
> >
> > ps; I too am fixing to have another newborn, I think the Nokia N800 is going to be great for those late night fedings!  The N800 is one of the coolest gadgets I have ever owned, highly recommended!
> >
> >
> >  -- Original message --
> > ---
> > From: Adam J. Hogan  <ahogan2 at gmail.com>
> > To: BRLUG List <general at brlug.net>
> > Sent: Tue Jul 10 2007 08:27:19 PM CDT
> > Subject: [brlug-general] Word Prediction/Completion
> > Do any of you know of a word prediction or word completion program that
> > can output text to a desired program?  This function is common in most
> > commercial on-screen keyboards but my search has turned up a few dead
> > projects that are very undocumented such as oskey and keystone and some
> > stuff that's in the works (e.g., onboard).
> >
> > My immediate need/want: a plugin for pidgin that would allow me to write
> > with one hand while I'm holding my newborn.  Long-term Goal: As a member
> > of the EBRP School System Assistive Technology Team, I work with
> > students that have multiple disabilities and we're always buying
> > software to meet these students' needs.  It would be awesome to be able
> > to show the school system what free software can do.
> >
> > Anything would be helpful.
> >
> > Adam J. Hogan
> >
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