Reinventing Text Entry for 21st Century Devices

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This is our presentation for the Wearables London MeetUp, on how the ETAOI Systems is reinventing text entry for 21st Century devices with the 5-TILES Keyboard. The presentation is a brief history of text entry systems, looking at why there has been so little progress, and looking at the need to start from scratch!

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…reinventing text input for 21st century devices….

“The  best  way  to  predict  the  future  is  to  invent  it.”  Alan  Kay  

“Your  task  is  not  to  foresee  the  future,  but  to  enable  it.”  Antoine  de  Saint-­‐Exupéry  

“An ideal keyboard for a smart watch”

“An easier way of writing – the 5 key revolution”

“An elegant solution to the problem of small screens plus Qwerty keyboards”

PROBLEM # 1

PROBLEM # 2

Image Credit: SapientNitro at CES2014

Image  Credit:  Google  Patent  Filing  08558759  

Image  Credit:  Chester  Gould  

PROBLEM # 3

SOLUTION = REINVENT

•  Only 5 keys

•  70% less space

•  30 – 50 wpm

•  One-handed typing

•  Eyes on screen

•  Smallest footprint yet

SOLUTION = REINVENT

•  User-friendly text input

•  Enable the “Killer Application”

•  type quick replies

•  enhance sensor data

•  introduce check lists

•  take quick notes

SOLUTION = REINVENT

Once upon a time, in the mountains of Italy, in a 5m deep hole, there was a man who just

wanted to write….

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Awards and Competitions

UKTI  Stand  CompeLLon  Winner  

Start-­‐up  Pitch  CompeLLon  Finalist  

UKTI  Stand  CompeLLon  Winner  

Droidcon  2013  Demo  Camp  

1  of  4  out  of  100s  showcased  to  Merkel  &  Cameron  at  CeBIT  

1 of 4, out of 100s showcased at CeBIT to Angela Merkel & David Cameron

• Non-feature phones have small screens

• Primary or only access to Internet

• High % non-QWERTY

• BRIC new users

• Pre-teen new users

Growing Smart Phone Market

iOS 8 – the biggest release since the App Store - will open up the system keyboard to 3rd parties

Opening iPhone Market = 300m+

Emerging Wearables Market

• Smart watches could easily eat into the low-end smart phone market

• Developer numbers growth

• From 40 to 200 brands entering the market

• 1 in 20 smart phones will be paired with a smart watch

CEO Michal Kubacki is an inventor, scriptwriter, author and website developer with 3 years supervisory experience in food retail. He ran his own photography & design agency for 3 years.

CTO Fabio Carta has been working as a software developer for 3 years, in ASP.NET framework, MVC, Android SDK framework, SQL Server, Java and C. He has a degree in Information Technology from the University of Pisa.

CMO Margaret Gold is a mobile industry veteran with over 10 years experience as an innovation & business launch specialist, working with a wide range of start-ups and corporate ventures.

She has an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. linkedin.com/margaretgold

CFO Piotr Pieczynski is a Chartered Accountant with 3 years experience with an AIM-quoted UK technology firm, as their

operations accountant, and a global accounting firm, specializing in corporate finance.

Founding Team

We are now raising Seed

• £150,000 Seed Round

• SEIS qualified

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CONTACT: Margaret Gold, CMO/ margaret@etaoisystems.com / @MobileMaggie

ONLINE: http://fivetiles.com / @fivetiles / https://www.youtube.com/user/ETAOIkeyboard