# SwiftKey **Domain:** Predictive Text / Natural-Language Input / Mobile Software **Doc Type:** Company and Product Node **SwiftKey** developed adaptive keyboard and language-prediction software that learns from a user’s writing patterns. Microsoft acquired the company in 2016 and continues the product as Microsoft SwiftKey. ## Hawking and STEVE Context SwiftKey contributed language-prediction technology to Intel’s communication system for [[Stephen Hawking]], developed through the [[Intel Anticipatory Computing Lab]] and delivered as the [[Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit]]. ## Routes [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] · [[articles/The Hawking Continuity|The Hawking Continuity]] · [[wiki/Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture|Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture]] ## Official Sources - [Microsoft SwiftKey](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/swiftkey) - [Intel — Stephen Hawking and assistive technology](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/inclusion/accessibility-overview.html)