Acquired by Nuance Communications
Industries AndroidAppsSoftwareHeadquarters Regions Greater Seattle Area, West Coast, Western US Founded Date 2002 Founders Cliff Kushler, Randy Marsden Operating Status Active Last Funding Type Series C
Company Type For Profit
Contact Email info@swypeinc.com Phone Number 206-547-5250
Swype creates text input technology for screens.
The patented interface enables users to create words with one continuous finger motion across an on-screen keyboard. This approach provides a faster and easier way to write. Swype delivers single-tap, multi-tap, predictive and "swype" motions for both stylus and finger based input.
In addition, the application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.
Seattle based Swype Inc. was founded by Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden in 2003. Cliff is the co-inventor of T9, the standard predictive text-entry solution used on almost 3 billion mobile phones worldwide. Randy is the developer of the onscreen keyboard included in Windows, with an installed base of over 500 million units
Transaction Name Swype acquired by Nuance CommunicationsAcquired by Nuance CommunicationsAnnounced Date Oct 6, 2011