Nuance has announced a new version of its T9 Write, handwriting technology for pen-based and touch screen devices featuring multi-touch gesture. Nuance T9 Write combines handwriting input with predictive text technology which will enable the recognition of letters, numbers, and symbols with natural shape in 40 languages.

New touch screen devices are presented each week and there is a demand for input technology to enable users to choose their preferred input method - touch, texting, handwriting, or speaking. With Nuance T9 Write, people are able to enter text by writing out on–screen. Nuance T9 Write can add new words depending on the user communication patterns. The solution supports abbreviations and email addresses, and features a method which allows users to write letters on top of each other, which is very useful for smaller interfaces.

Nuance T9 Write also allows multi-touch gestures. Users can write words, symbols and numbers with their finger. “The text input landscape has changed significantly over the last few years with the advent of touch screen devices, so Nuance continuously innovates to give manufacturers and their consumers the best possible user experience,” said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. “With Nuance T9 Write, users get the best of both worlds – the predictive input they’ve come to rely on, coupled with the ability to write on their device and instantly see words and phrases.”

For more information about Nuance T9 Write, go to www.nuance.com/t9/t9write.asp.