Word prediction when using web forms or when using web based emails.

I had a question today regarding using any web based program that requires text to be entered.   The question was about how the spelling of the text could be predicted.   There are many programs that have predictive text capabilities within their own program environment, however as soon as you start using a web browser to write text (for blogging or emailing) the ability to predict text does not transfer to the web browser.   As the dependency on cloud based applications becomes ever greater, it is really important that the tools are available to help people who live with dyslexia to be able to use tools that assist them.

One way of dealing with this is to use Skippy.   Skippy is part of the SprintPlus program that predicts text for ANY program that requires text to be entered.

It looks like this;

It is simply a box which presents the user with a number of words that can be selected using the Function Keys of the keyboard.  Each word option is predicted based upon the frequency of use for any particularly word specifically used by the user.
In the picture above you can see that the box is floating on the screen and is being used with an online blogging page.  Skippy can be used on ANY program where there is a requirement to write text.
The Skippy box can also be made to 'track' the text by being next to the sentence that is being written thus removing the need to constantly be staring at different parts of the screen all the time.

To turn Skippy on simply open SprintPlus and then click on the Skippy icon (see picture below);

I hope that this is useful and if you would like any further information then please do leave a comment. If you would like to try Skippy or SprintPlus then by subscribing below, you will be sent a link to a 60 day demo of the software.

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