One thing I love about the Android platform is the ability to use alternative text input methods. I find swiping around on a keyboard much faster than hunt and peck on a traditional QWERTY layout ...

Sometimes there is no replacement for good old-fashioned, tried-and-true methods. As for mobile devices, with so many options available today, it is really a case of “to each his [or her] own.” When ...

The switch is only momentary — your preferred method remains the keyboard — so this helps for those single occurrences when you need voice search instead.

Dubbed "Dual Input Multilayer Keyboard," the patent details how new layers of keys and symbols would surface, based on directional movements on either a joystick, and now, via a touch gesture.

Today, Cerence filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing it of infringing multiple patents. Here are the details.

Apple's US patent 8,542,206 describes an alternative text input method for iOS that incorporates a series of swipe gestures to make touchscreen typing less of a chore.

Tilt as an input method for typing has been considered before — not least as a spoof option by SwiftKey for a 2013 April Fools joke — but experiments have yet to turn into any extended ...

A standard Taiwanese keyboard lets you use the Zhuyin input method, which is based on an alphabet for sounding out Chinese words that was designed in the early 20 th century.