ExB preDICT® models the user’s language providing continuous next word prediction for any kind of devices or user interfaces.
There has been a recent surge in text-based applications (and their respective business models) by the advent of chats, blogs, Twitter, etc. Yet mass adoption on mobile phones is still limited by less-than-optimal user interaction paradigms. ExB preDICT® changes the game by massively improving the efficiency of text input into any given device, simply by intelligently predicting the next word the user is likely to write, even without the need of typing any letter. Due to its independence of OSes, hardware form factors and user interfaces it is applicable to any imaginable interaction. And it allows customisation by the user, by carriers as well as handset manufacturers. Which is why we intend to develop an entire ecosystem around it.
Our company simply is the global pioneer to have implemented a full continuous next-word prediction. This text input technology, ExB preDICT®, has been voted by leading global mobile phone manufacturers as “best in class.” ExB has solidified its outstanding position by expanding the portfolio up to 74 languages today. We envisage a network of OEMs, ISVs, User-Interface desigers and even dictionary providers to respond to a fast growing demand for text input on mobile devices, fuelled by applications and services such as emails, blogs, search, social networks or Twitter. This in turn will increase ARPUs and App Store sales.
ExB preDICT® conveniently completes expressions by anticipating the next word. It automatically learns from the user’s individual combinations or sentences as it is being used – or by confronting it with content the user has already written, e.g. past e-mails. Often this leads to only one key stroke/ tap per word. Such a performance simply can not be improved. Only if the intended word is not found in the list of candidates, completion, typically by typing the initial, kicks in.
Benefits
ExB preDICT® is very easy and convenient to handle as no new user interface needs to be learned. Also, clicking a multi-letter word with a finger is much easier a task than selecting a single letter on virtual(or real) keyboards. All of this makes ExB preDICT® so smart: It not only learns new words whenever entered by the user, it also adapts to the user’s writing style. Frequently used words, phrases and sentence structures lead over omnly a short time to an optimised candidate list. This way, overall performance and ease of use increase steadily.
Even prior to its first usage ExB preDICT® provides a there huge benefit as the system also comprises of PC software for importing names, addresses, emails and documents the user has already composed in order to adapt to his style. Thus, all new words, names specific expressions as well as the user’s style are incorporated prior to using the device for the first time.
Furthermore ExB preDICT® is safe and sustainable: The user can back-up the personal dictionary and style to the PC and/or transfer them to the another phone or a second organiser/Tablet PC.
Finally ExB preDICT® can operate on more than one dictionary, for example supporting two languages at the same time.
Apart from the language-independent core prediction engine there are two additional text-input products: ExB preSCRIPT, which recognises the user's handwriting as well as gesture and ExB shallowQWERTY, an error correction component for QWERTY-keyboards.
As of today, adaptations to more than 70 languages are available. You will very likely find yours in the list below. Which languages would you like to be released in our Android input method next? Send us an Email! Want to add to the family of languages with your own adaptation? Check the chapter Ecosystem
Are you specialised in producing language resources in a certain language. How about partnering with ExB? Please do contact us for further info!
A Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabian Armenian Assamese Azeri B Basque Belarus Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian C Catalan Chinese* (simplified & traditional) Croatian Czech D Danish Dutch E English Estonian F Farsi Finnish French G Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarathi H Hausa-Nigeria Hebrew Hindi Hungarian
I Icelandic Indonesian Italian J Japanese* K Kannada Kazakh Kyrgyz Korean
L Latvian Lithuanian Lingala M Malay Marathi N Norwegian P Panjabi Polish Portugese R Romanian Russian S Serbian Sesotho Slovak Slovene Spanish Swaheli Swedish T Tagalog Telugu Thai* Turkish U Ukrainian Urdu V Vietnamese X Xhosa Z Zulu
ExB predict® technology is generally independent of the user interface and input method. At ExB, we have developed different interfaces including:
- Hard-QWERTY & soft-QWERTY (half-)keyboard
- 12-key mobile phones
- Rockers only (like employed in Sony PlaystationPortable)
- Character or handwriting recognition: we recommend our own character-recogniser ExB preSCRIPT® that adapts to the user’s handwriting style without an explicit teach mode.
- Touch-screens: ExB preCLOUD – a cloud-based user-interface
As we are open to partnering with other UI vendors, please contact us when you plan to develop and/ or implement your own interface method by leveraging our technology and extensive language portfolio.
- ExB preDICT® is available for Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android, Linux and Windows x86. Source code can be licensed for propriatory OSes.
- Current versions of ExB preDICT® run on conventional XScale and OMAP processors as well as x86.
- The application itself allocates 30KB in the file system. RAM consumption adds to the size of the database(s) in the worst case. Depending on memory management of the OS, usually only a frag¬ment of the dictionary is held in RAM.
- Dictionaries currently range between 300KB and three megabytes. Which can be stored in ROM depending on the file system.
We will establish an entire ecosystem around ExB preDICT® as the product can be enhanced and integrated in various ways: Third parties might want to add their own dictionaries or encyclopaedias for specific languages or dialects, they could embed ExB preDICT®’s functionality in other applications and services or they may be interested in porting the software to other OSes and/or hardware platforms. We will support all these efforts by providing SDKs, developer support and professional implementation services. Hence we envisage a network of OEMs, ISVs, user-interface designers and even dictionary providers.
All of them will benefit from the fast growing demand for text input on mobile devices, fuelled by applications and services such as emails, blogs, search, social networks or Twitter. This in turn will increase ARPUs and app store sales. By ways of this ecosystem, we will invest its resources into building a comprehensive, multi-tiered indirect channel business, thus taking advantage from growing the industry in an open, non-exclusive fashion.
- 2010-03-03 Dear all, we just upgraded all versions to 1.09, a couple of bugs were ironed out, e.g. now correct password input and sharper presentation.
- 2010-03-02 the upgrade to 1.07 went wrong, we had to temporarily unpublish the app. will be back online in a few hours.
- 2010-02-27 #crunchgear on#techcrunch found out text input cool: http://tinyurl.com/yb37gc3
ExB to announce at Mobile World Congress 2010 the initial availability of a predictive text input solution for touch-screen tablet PCs and mobile phones
2010-02-14 00:16 by Trautner Sascha
- Offers faster full word predictive input method
- Available in 74 languages, English version available on the Android AppStore as of today
- Daily press reception at MWC booth #1B13
Barcelona, February 15th, 2010
Visitors will be able to see ExB preDICT®, a new way of entering text, based on a learning database that adapts itself to the user's vocabulary, even in different languages. The predictive algorithm allows users to compasesentences by selecting from predicted full words instead of constructing words by tapping single letters. Early testing demonstrates that the full-word system allows much faster text-input performance.
ExB preDICT® is available in 74 languages, more than any other competing solution and will be available on the Android AppStore from February 15th in an increasing number of languages.
Media reception - daily from February 15th, 2010 at MWC, Hall 1, booth 13
Any journalist attending MWC can test-drive the software every afternoon at 5.00 P.M. with a glass of champagne at ExB's booth. Dr. Ramin Assadollahi, CEO and founder of ExB, is looking forward to welcoming you.
What: Launch reception for PTPT and ExB preDICT®
When: Feb 15-18, daily at 5.00pm
Where: Hall 1, Stand B 13 (booth of North Rhine-Westphalia)
For further information and contacts:
Gianni Catalfamo +39 335 284758 or visit www.exb.de, www.petitpetit.de or www.exb-predict.de.
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