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The iPhone’s software keyboard is not always kind to we, the booze addled. Opaquely blurred vision, a wildly pirouetting universe and fingers fraught with wild jactitations are not the most wieldy of typing instruments, and after that sixth beer of the evening — or, more accurately, that sixth Grey Goose chaser — it would be nice if the iPhone would step in and make an executive decision or too about what the heck it is we’re trying to say.
Enter BlindType, which I hereby rechristen BlindDrunkType. The software employs a wonderfully accurate prediction algorithm that can transform your rotgut-induced glossalia into prose worthy of H.L. Mencken.
It seems to work quite well, and might, perhaps, have saved my “boy’s night out” from the discovery of an inamorata convinced I was spending the evening with a slim volume of poetry instead of pounding back duck farts after my goodnight “I love you, dear” text was rendered as “Q BLORPX POTRZEBIE.”
They are making it for Android and the iPhone, but naturally, the iPhone version won’t work on anything besides jailbroken phones, although apparently, the developers are hoping it will “put pressure on Apple to finally allow [replacement software keyboards].” Fat chance, but I wish them luck.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
