I am new here, don't know what protocol is for duplicate (or in this case highly related) threads. Here is a newer entry about swype:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=300601

Here's the main thread on swype:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=299938

The Dasher project ( http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ ) is similar but different again - between the two they may be on to something.

Cool, thanks. I've tried Dasher before and did not get the hang of it. Swype looks better but I won't be truly sold until really trying it obviously. Like with predictive text entry on phones etc., the problem of deciding between two perfectly valid "guesses" based on context seems like a hard problem.

(btw, no, I have nothing to do with this company!)

Watch the video here to be impressed

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10037202-1.html