FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model
FUTO has released a dataset of 1 million swipe-typing samples under an MIT license. The data was collected from voluntary mobile users and is intended to help train and evaluate new swipe-typing models.
Why it matters
Open-source datasets are critical for training more accurate and accessible mobile input technologies.
In August 2024, we launched a dataset collection effort on the swipe.futo.org domain to collect QWERTY English swipes. Users would voluntarily visit the webpage on their mobile phone and be given instructions and information about the dataset. After consenting, they would be given sentences, primarily from Wikipedia, and would be asked to swipe them word-by-word.
The article is a factual report on a software development project and data release.
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