An autocomplete system that checks back and adjusts recommendations based on the latest entry in a typed sentence, particularly for virtual keyboards
-- theircompetitor, Sep 14 2015

xkcd: Swiftkey http://xkcd.com/1068/
[hippo, Sep 16 2015]

umm... when I type into my search bar in the browser, the list of possible completions changes with every keystroke. Is that what you mean ?
-- FlyingToaster, Sep 14 2015


What FT said.
-- blissmiss, Sep 14 2015


Passwords ?

Computer thinks "Why is he using a different password just because bank robbers are standing behind him ?

I know the right password. I will just help him out. "
-- popbottle, Sep 14 2015


no FT, I don't mean choose a different sentence as google might, I mean choose a different word among the previously typed ones when guessing at what I typed (for instance when using Swype on a phone).

As in the example above, it guessed well (when I wanted we'll) -- and could have figured it out when I further typed "see"
-- theircompetitor, Sep 14 2015


I think this idea would be better named something like "retrospective autocomplete", since the novelty here is re-visiting autocompleted words in the light of later ones.

However, one problem is that if it gets it wrong, you'd have to go further back to fix it manually.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 14 2015


I think [theircompetitor] is going to go back and change this idea in the light of the annotations
-- hippo, Sep 15 2015


strange, I typed touché but it completed ass :)
-- theircompetitor, Sep 15 2015


[Ian] Swiftkey already does this, almost - see link
-- hippo, Sep 16 2015


It's really difficult to understand what this idea is. I think I have it from the annos but perhaps you could be more descriptive?
-- tatterdemalion, Sep 16 2015


I'd like this, especially if it could make retrospective corrections back to the mid 80's.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 16 2015


I liked this idea, but in retrospective even more.
-- pashute, Sep 16 2015


To your point, mb, would be an interesting step towards dwim if previous messages and even message target were part of context
-- theircompetitor, Sep 16 2015



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