‘Swype’ Keyboard for iOS Named Apple’s App of the Week, Available for Free

Written by Nathan Smith on November 7, 2014. Posted in iOS Apps, Mobile Apps.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id916365675?mt=8

Why type when you can Swype? One of the most requested apps for iPhone is finally here.

“There’s no faster, easier way to input text on an iPhone” – CNET
"My favorite is Swype…It’s surprisingly powerful.” – The New York Times

Swype is the most accurate keyboard on the planet. Whether you type or Swype we enable you to input words faster and easier. It learns the way you type so the more you use it, the smarter it gets.

New Features:
• 21 languages supported including 16 new downloadable languages
• Intelligent Emoji support in 6 languages (English (US), English (UK), French, Italian, German and Spanish)
• Improved iPad layout
• Customizable keyboard layout (QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY)
• Sound on Keypress option added (*Requires "Full Access")

Product Features:
• Incredibly intuitive language models that accurately predict what you type or Swype
• Five beautiful themes – FREE on iPhone.
• Quickly enter symbols, punctuation and capital letters with Swype gestures
• Swype learns how you type. You can tell it to add or remove words from your personal dictionary
• You can Swype on your iPad as well as your iPhone

*For best results when using Swype, please ensure that you have updated to the latest version of iOS

Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is Director of Technology for the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. In that role, he also directs The Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center (The YETC) located in room 170 of the Education Building on Utah State University's Logan campus. The YETC is a combination student openaccess computer facility, a K12 curriculum materials library, a NASA Educator Resource Center for Utah, and a technology training center. Nathan served eight years (20042012) on the Board of Directors for the Utah Coalition for Education Technology (UCET) He was reelected in 2014 to serve another two year term on the board. A former elementary school teacher, Nathan has taught students every age from young children to senior citizens. He has had the opportunity beginning in 2011 to train international high school teachers from all over the world about technology in education, through the U.S. State