Swype is a virtual keyboard, developed for touchscreen smartphones and tablets, that allows the user to write by sliding his finger from the first to the last letter of a word. Using a predictive text system, this keyboard can achieve a writing speed of 50 words per minute. The Swipe project proposes a translation app that highlights a link between writing speed and the enrichment of language through graphic writing, by recording the signs generated with the Swype keyboard. Each word then produces a new sign.
Project Credits:
- Development: Bérénice Serra, Gianni Gastaldi and Jacques-Daniel Pillon.
Biography:
Bérénice Serra is a French visual artist, freelance publisher and teacher at the School of Arts and Media of Caen. She is currently developing both plastic and theoretical research at ENSBA Lyon, which proposes to rethink the context of production and distribution of artistic content in light of the editorial dynamics that apply to digital environments. Her work has been presented at numerous exhibitions in France and abroad. She is also regularly invited to speak about her research.
