SYMBOLS APP LAUNCHED BY SWIFTKEY FOR PEOPLE WITH TALKING, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

Swiftkey launched a new a symbol-based assistive communication app for  (but not limited to) young, non-verbal individuals with special needs".  With this app users can make a sentence in SwiftKey Symbols by choosing images, from a set of categories or the prediction bar powered by the SwiftKey SDK. This app learns from each individual's behaviour to show relevant images and monitors what symbols have been used at what time of the day and day of the week. This will result in giving more relevant predictions in future.

This app also offers customisable options like users can add their own images and categories, and use audio playback a speech-to-text feature to read sentences. Earlier this week Swiftkey updated this app with new features including a revamped emoji panel. The updated panel adds double-word prediction and offers two free new festive holiday themes for all users. It can remember the last used category for user convenience.

The app is currently under beta in SwiftKey Greenhouse , the company's page from where users can test apps and provide feedback before their stable versions are launched.

"We wanted to bring an accessible, free app to people with talking and learning difficulties so that they could communicate more easily with their friends and family," said the company on its blog post.

The app is available from the SwiftKey website.

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