1-2-b Input Methodby Rafal Trzeciak

Time of Access & Mobile Internet(Mobile phone is now a mobile office computer with a browser, Word, Excel, GPS, etc)

• chatting

• blogging

• email

• Internet surfing

• document correcting& writing

• SMS /MMS

Time of Access & Mobile Internet(Mobile phone is now a mobile office computer with a browser, Word, Excel, GPS, etc)

• All those tasks need efficient and extended character set! (not only letters and numbers)

• How long it takes YOU to find and

enter most common signs like:

@ & / „” . – $ % (or even ; ! ?)

• Or whole expressions like:

www ;-) :-* 8-]o_O -__-’ (-_-)zzZ

Today's 12-keys

methods in use

• T9predictive (imperfect), dictionary based, efficient only for standard words

• Multi-tapany letter-number string, low-efficient

+ Special Signs ( , . ! @ ] ;-> )

Additional Input Methods

#0*

987

654

321

Today's 12-keys methods problems

T9 Multi-tap

• incorrect predictions(ex 729 can mean: SAY, SAW, PAY, RAY, RAW, etc

or 2273 : CASE,CARD,CARE,BASE,ACRE, etc)

• words missing in the dictionary (more efforts to add them/what if you use 2 phones?)

• International names, companies?

• names of places, streets?

• slang, creative words, misspellings?

•AllSentencesCombinedInOneLongWords?

• timeout / next button

• low efficiency(more than 2 clicks/character)

Both R poor in entering special signs!

Two-key (standard arrangement)

Old method with High potential

If 7 If 9

abc def

ghi jkl mno

pqrs tuv wxyz

a/A _

a b c

a/A _

p q r

s

a/A _

w x y

z

a/A _

If 2 was

pressed

#0*

987

654

321

First Level Menu(Choose Group)

1 of 8

Second(Choose Item)

1 of 3-4

Main 1-2-b IDEA? (AKA anti-two-key)

9 x 4 != 4 x 9 (!= means not equal)

Instead of using 9 groups of 3-4 letters in eachlet’s use 3-4 groups of 9 letters

--- => |Instead of using horizontal arrangement of letter groups let’s use vertical so left fingercooperates with keys 1,4,7,* and right with the others

use virtual keyboardSo you don’t need to remember allcombinations because you get online hintsand you don’t hide symbols under your finger!

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1 2

L R

x

x

How does it look like?two circulating menus (Group-Item-Group-Item-G-I-G-I-…)

If 4 If 7

aei … …

jnr … …

swz … …

a/A _lastitem

a b c

d e f

g h ia/A _ O=m

j k l

m n o

p q r

a/A _ O=m

s t u

v w x

y z ‘

a/A _ O=m

If 1 was

pressed

#0*

987

654

321

First Level Menu(Choose Group)

1 of 3

Second(Choose Item)

1 of 9

empty groups!

HINT:

a – first

e – middle

i – last

• Arrangement in Old Two-Key:

• Arrangement in 1-2-b:

• So, what difference does it make?1a) Left Hand is responsible for groups

(and 3 letters in each group)

1b) Right Hand is responsible for 6 letters/group

2) Simplification of group arrangementimplies NEW possibilities!

„For me that makes no difference!”

abc def ghi jkl mno pqrs tuv wxyz

abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz

Possibilities!„Repeat last item”/ „Hold group” button

Thanks to that button you don’t have to choose group all over again and you can write „salaattijuusto” more easily

rearrange special signs in rational groups

EVERYTHING IN 2 CLICKS (no additional Input Method needed!)

+ you can rearrange existing ones to feel more comfortable

„a/A” button can be used as „I/II”Thanks to that you can easily switch between related groups like numbers & Math symbols

Group

Menu

( ) +< > -[ ] *II =

Item

Menu

Both(Group/Item)

1 2 34 5 67 8 9I 0

national letters(PL) Smiles WWW currency Math

ą ć ęł o óś ź ż

_

~ , .! / @? - &

_

$ ¥ zł% £ €+ - §

_

:( :-( ;-(:) :-) ;-):* :-* :-\

_

( ) +< > -[ ] *

=

All letters in max 2 clicks (including national!)

3x MORE POSSIBILITIES in less clicks

Easy to learn:- known alphabet (abcd…wxyz)

- always visible virtual keyboard tips(you don’t hide them with your fingers)

- no stressing timeout (repeats in 1 click!)

Many signs/choice (-_-)zzZ

Doesn’t kill creativity

Personal (customizable) symbol tables(double click to get most often used symbol)

No hardware changes needed!

New TOOL at Your FINGERTIPS…(Now You R Prepared for Cybernetic War!)

OLD HARDWARE

= NEW TOOL!

(9^2)x2! = Let’s Sum it up!

Document Access & Mobile Internet ?

Everyday input problems !

New SOLUTION ?+!New POSSIBILITIES !!

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jnr ;-) ./&swz .!? 0-9I/II _ rep

a b c

d e fg h i

I/II _ O=m

j k l

m n op q r

I/II _ O=m

s t u

v w xy z ‘

I/II _ O=m

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