Keypad invention is up for award
10:48am Monday 21st May 2007 in
ANOTHER company from Bolton is in line for an award celebrating digital innovation.
Cre8txt Ltd, based at the University of Bolton, has been nominated for a Big Chip Award, the annual competition and awards ceremony celebrating North-west digital excellence.
The company, aided by students from the University's design studio, has created a computer keyboard that turns text-speak into perfect English.
The device is similar to a mobile phone keypad and uses WordLogic predictive text technology.
The WordLogic Prediction Engine predicts text selected from a database of frequently used words and is also capable of translating SMS text language into full text.
Crea8txt joins Fudge, the marketing communications company based in Mawdsley Street, Bolton, as a nominee in the awards, which are presented in Manchester on Thursday.
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