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'Dryft' Boosts Tablet Typing | Disrupt SF 2013 Battlefield

1,951 views · Published 10 September 2013 · 12:22 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: TechCrunch · 2013 · Science & Technology

Swype co-founder Randy Marsden — along with Bridgescale Partners co-founder Rob Chaplinsky — decided to take another stab at reinventing typing on the go with an Android keyboard app called Dryft here on the Disrupt SF 2013 stage. The big issue here is accuracy — to hear Marsden tell it, people want to use their tablets as content creation devices but are stymied by frustrated typing experiences. In a way, it all comes back to the way most people were taught to type in the first place. For years, teachers like Mavis Beacon have implored novice typists to keep their fingers on the home row as delineated by those little nubs on the F and J keys. But surprise surprise, your tablet doesn't have those notches etched into the screen so what's an on-the-go touch typist to do?

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'Dryft' Boosts Tablet Typing | Disrupt SF 2013 Battlefield

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