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The Text Predictor Input Method is a GTK+ Input Method that provides intelligent text completion to regular GTK+ text widgets.

This functionality is similar to the proprietary ones found in mobile phones (like the popular T9) but adapted to the GNOME desktop and using Free Software technologies.

Currently it uses the Presage predictive text Free Software library to get suggestions based on the context, that is, it depends on the previously typed words, not only on the current word's prefix.

When typing with this Input Method, users will be presented with a preview of the suggested completion text (a suffix or an entire word) which can be accepted or changed for another suggestion.

This kind of assistive technology can have many applications but the main ones are: the usage in small/mobile devices and the assistance of users with disabilities. Both have the same reasons behind: speeding the input and reducing failed characters, because the required input gets minimized; of course, one may as well use it in a GNOME desktop regularly for faster typing your emails, etc.