in reply to Re: Challenge: Predictive Texting
in thread Challenge: Predictive Texting

BrowserUk,
...how does the algorithm indicate that it has no more alternatives when the user is indicating that they've entered enough digits to spell the word, but have yet to be offered the correct prediction, and the algorithm has no further alternatives?

If your algorithm fails to present the word that is in the dictionary provided it fails completely. This is to simplify things as was the removal of punctuation, adaptive learning, determining intended word by position in sentence, etc. I wanted to start with the bare essentials since I was only giving a week time frame and most people do have jobs.

Cheers - L~R

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Re^3: Challenge: Predictive Texting
by GrandFather (Saint) on Jan 11, 2007 at 19:44 UTC

    What do you mean "removal of ... adaptive learning"? Have I to go back and rewrite my submission!


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      GrandFather,
      Some questions about predictive texting were made in the CB and in private /msg. For instance, the ability to add unrecognized words to the dictionary, auto-completion, changing word selection frequency based off use, grammar analysis of position in sentence, etc. I intentionally left all of this out of this challenge, though there are plenty of ideas for follow on challenges.

      Cheers - L~R