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    SwiftKey Blog

    swiftkey.com · Company blog · on HN since 2014

    SwiftKey's company blog covers its predictive keyboard for Android and iOS, including its use by Stephen Hawking and its Clojure-based engineering.

    Visit blogHN submissions
    Mobile & AppleTech IndustryPrivacy & Policy
    What HN says

    HN commenters cite it for how SwiftKey powers Stephen Hawking's communication system, while others debate privacy of keyboard apps and the opt-in cloud feature.

    Stats for nerds
    15HN people shared it
    8linked in comments
    23story points
    Dec 2015last shared
    2014people per year2015

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      SwiftKey enables Stephen Hawking to communicate twice as fast
      2 people · 7 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    2. 2
      SwiftKey Keyboard goes free
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    3. 3
      SwiftKey's new Android Keyboard built using Clojure
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2015 · 3 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Swiftkey Emoji Analytics
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
    5. 5
      SwiftKey Keyboard is coming to iPhone and iPad on September 17
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      Finding the sweet spot between memory and speed on Android
      1 person · 1 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      SwiftKey Keyboard for iOS 8: A first look at themes, and a price reveal
      1 person · 1 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      SwiftKey Keyboard now supprts Flow for iPad
      1 person · 1 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      Data security
      1 person · first shared 2014
    10. 10
      Why we set swiftkey free
      1 person · first shared 2014

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • nickloDec 2015

      The space for AI-powered venture-backed companies is really booming.

      Full list of companies mentioned in the article:

      Enigma - http://enigma.io/

      Sift Science - https://siftscience.com/

      Ravelin - https://ravelin.com/

      H2O.ai - http://h2o.ai/

      Seldon - http://www.seldon.io/

      SigOpt - https://sigopt.com/

      Gluru - https://gluru.co/

      x.ai - https://x.ai/

      SwiftKey - https://swiftkey.com/en

      Matternet - https://mttr.net/

      SkyCatch - https://www.skycatch.com/

      DeepMind - http://www.deepmind.com/

      Vicarious - http://www.vicarious.com/

      Scaled Inference - https://scaledinference.com/

      Sentient Technologies - http://www.sentient.ai/

      MetaMind - https://www.metamind.io/

      Unbabel - https://unbabel.com/

      Ravelin - https://ravelin.com/

      Signal - http://signalmedia.co/

      Sano - http://www.sano.co/

      Deep Genomics - http://www.deepgenomics.com/

      Atomwise - http://www.atomwise.com/

      Flatiron Health - http://www.flatiron.com/

      Enlitic - http://www.enlitic.com/

      Zebra Medical - https://www.zebra-med.com/

      DueDil - https://www.duedil.com/

      Premise - http://www.premise.com/

    • Ethan_MickSep 2014

      By default, iOS keyboards cannot interact with other parts of the app/their container app, and cannot send information over the network. [1][2][3]

      If you do enable full access, then yep, anything is fair game. But that's a tradeoff users can make.

      [1] - https://twitter.com/SwiftKey/status/514540356918972416

      [2] - http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/swiftkey-require-full-access/

      [3] - https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Keyboard.html

    • SwiftKeyCMJun 2014

      Hi there,

      You can actually turn off notifications from the app by:
      1) SK settings
      2) Advanced
      3) Uncheck the box

      SwiftKey has also stated they are working on performance updates in the next release: http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/swiftkey-5-performance/

      As far as the notification at the top of the screen this is a notification provided by the Android OS and cannot be turned off or hidden.

      Cheers,

      Ryan
      Community Manager @ SwiftKey

    • swiftkeyJun 2014

      Hi, thanks for the feedback. SwiftKey Cloud is a secure, opt-in service that allows you to safely backup your language data and sync it across your devices. We take your data security seriously and you can read how we keep your data safe here: http://swiftkey.com/en/data-security/

    • joefreemanAug 2015

      Fun fact: the latest version of this software uses SwiftKey under the hood - http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/swiftkey-reveals-role-professor-stephen-hawkings-communication-system/ (Disclaimer: I used to work for SwiftKey)

    • spindritfSep 2014

      When you turn them on, Android will even warn you of that possibility. SwiftKey has some sort of cloud (opt-in) feature[1] so it's a keylogger with benefits.

      [1] http://swiftkey.com/en/more-about-cloud/

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