Keypad invention is up for award

10:48am Monday 21st May 2007

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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.