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Resurrecting flip phone typing as a Linux driver

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113 points foxmoss | 4 comments | 23 Jun 25 19:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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akdev1l ◴[23 Jun 25 20:15 UTC] No.44359603[source]▶
Why we don’t have t9 support on tv remotes???

I gotta aim and peck some bullshit or open up some app with a QR code instead. Give me T9

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zzo38computer ◴[23 Jun 25 20:41 UTC] No.44359860[source]▶
If you are doing searching, then a variant can be that it does not need to predict what words you meant, but will search for all words that match the numbers you pushed.

For example, if you try to search for a title and one of the words in your search is entered "223", then either "ace" or "bad" can be in that position, and if there is a title with "ace" matching in that position and a title with "bad" matching in that position, both are displayed.

So, this variant is you enter the entire title (or a substring of the title) first before it predicts what words you meant. After it is entered then all results are displayed, with a number next to each one, and then you must push the number corresponding to the one that you want.

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1. wildzzz ◴[23 Jun 25 21:14 UTC] No.44360194[source]▶
On Android, I always enjoy how the dial pad in the phone app will let you start typing in numbers and it tries to match into a name or number. My favorite one, 666, brings up "Mom" as the first result.
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2. akdor1154 ◴[23 Jun 25 22:47 UTC] No.44360981[source]▶
This feature is missing the final 20% in an infuriating way - it doesn't match characters with accents, so i can't use it to find my family.
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3. arcanemachiner ◴[24 Jun 25 00:57 UTC] No.44361833[source]▶
Maybe you could add an alternate name for each contact without the diacritics?
4. worthless-trash ◴[24 Jun 25 07:06 UTC] No.44363578[source]▶
Check the living room, sometimes near the tv. Usually my family come home when they are super hungry, so you can just wait till then.