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Resurrecting flip phone typing as a Linux driver

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112 points foxmoss | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 19:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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humanfromearth9 ◴[23 Jun 25 19:46 UTC] No.44359324[source]▶
Blind-typing an SMS on a Nokia 3310 was so fast... or at least that was the feeling. I still regularly miss those keyboards, in particular when I hesitate between swiping a word or typing it, guessing how autocorrect will fail if I don't type... This never happened with my 3310, and there was no need for it at all.
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bee_rider ◴[23 Jun 25 20:11 UTC] No.44359577[source]▶
I bet it just felt fast (there are lots of repeated key-hits, right?). I remember around that time (maybe a little later) I had a slide-out keyboard Samsung of some sort. I got a reputation for writing long texts, haha.
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Izkata ◴[23 Jun 25 20:43 UTC] No.44359874[source]▶
> there are lots of repeated key-hits, right?

Nope, one key per letter. T9 uses an internal dictionary to figure which word you meant, with some memory for preferred words when there's multiple matches and adding custom words.

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49531 ◴[23 Jun 25 20:45 UTC] No.44359896[source]▶
Exactly this, and occasionally you'd have multiple words come up for the same number combo, but in a consistent manner where the user could learn how many times you needed to hit the 'next' button to get the word you wanted.
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1. extraduder_ire ◴[24 Jun 25 18:32 UTC] No.44369245{3}[source]▶
The phone I used t9 on the most had the "next" button on the * key, an option to sort based on frequency, and replaced the word with "spell?" before cycling the list allowing you to manually edit the word and add it to your dictionary. I assume disabling that sorting function was preferred for people blind-texting.