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SwiftKey integrates text prediction into Stephen Hawking’s communication software
August 22, 2025
One of the best scientists of our day, Professor Stephen Hawking has had to use a communication device controlled by his cheek for a great many years. Up until now, he’s had to input every individual letter and number into his system in order to type. The folks atSwiftKey, the popular keyboard app, are helping Mr. Hawking out by integrating their software into his system, allowing him to type quicker than ever before.
If you’ve never heard of Swiftkey in the past, it’s a popular third party keyboard app that’s known for its text and phrase prediction, swiping capabilities, and colorful themes. The team at SwiftKey strive to make text input as a whole much easier, which is why they’re helping out the professor to make his life a bit simpler.
When writing long lectures, notes, or books, it takes an extremely long time to input every letter and number individually. So SwiftKey decided to do something about that, and integrate text and phrase prediction into Mr. Hawking’s typing software, much like we see on our phones today. The company has even built a personal “language model” for him based on his extensively used words. The software can analyze the content that he’s currently writing about, learning from his writing style and applying that to his future work. In turn, all of these advancements will help him write more quickly, precisely, and with less effort.
Joe Osborne, SwiftKey’s SDK team lead, says,
Not only does SwiftKey have a widely popular keyboard, it’s very apparent that the company focuses on the bigger picture of text prediction as a whole. If you’re interested in checking out the keyboard for yourself, head to the Google Play linkhere.
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