(Click here for an animation showing how Lexony works)Lexony features a QWERTY layout organized as six "dictionary keys" (see image, below). Four other keys provide additonal characters plus shift, space, enter, and backspace. Words are input by tapping in the dictionary key areas until the word appears in the suggestion area. The suggestion area shown below can display up to six words at a time. Individual characters or actions are selected by tapping the appropriate key and sliding in the direction of the desired character.
Lexony KeyboardThe 50,000 word English dictionary is expandable once the product is registered.
Lexony is the successor to an earlier product called
FleXslide that was converted to freeware in March of this year, according to its developer, Oliver Lambert. "The concept is partially a logical extension of FleXslide, but it borrows concepts from other software keyboards," explains Lambert. Lambert says he will probably release an "ABC" layout of the keyboard in the near future, and then might look at a few other languages.
Lexony runs on Pocket PC 2000, 2002, or Windows Mobile 2003 and requires 0.4MB of RAM. It is available from both
Handango and
PocketGear for $19.95. Free 14-day trial downloads are also available from both locations.
The FleXslide, the freeware predecessor of Lexony, is available for free download
here.
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