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Swiftkey uses the Queen's English, quite literally - and all in time for the Diamond Jubilee

Pocket-Lint: One can now text like one’s monarch as SwiftKey introduces the “Queen’s Speech” to its text prediction app.

In celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee the new feature has been added to the Swiftkey app and can be selected in the language settings. In turn it will predict your text message according to the speech patterns made by her Maj.

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Microsoft has reportedly acquired mobile keyboard company SwiftKey for around $250M

Microsoft has acquired SwiftKey, a company that built an intuitive keyboard for iOS and Android (but not Windows Phone) devices, according to a new report today.

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Apple gets a taste of third-party keyboards with SwiftKey for iOS

Now that Apple has finally opened its iOS platform to third-party keyboard developers, the eager bunch at SwiftKey are grinning from ear to ear. Although it’s not completely understood how many iOS users — stuck in their Apple keyboard ways — will actually use the app, SwiftKey has unveiled it’s plans for its iOS 8 keyboard that includes cloud prediction services and full swipe-to-type support.

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ChrisW3513d ago

Unless you're in an area where you inclined to be quite and discrete, using Siri to dictate for you is much, MUCH faster.