Text prediction systems: A survey

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Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-203

  Garay Vitoria, Nestor ^a   Abascal, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticipative interfaces; Augmentative and alternative communication; Communication speed enhancement; Text prediction; Word prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644511714     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-005-0005-9     Document Type: Review

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