If you have been looking for an enhanced replacement keyboard and Swype is not for you,  then Swiftkey Beta has just been publicly released in the Android Market. Swiftkey works in a similar fashion to the normal Android Keyboard by predicting the rest of your word when you start typing. Where it really shines is how it uses TouchType’s Fluency™ technology to predict the next word you want to type, before you even press a key.

According to the press release on their site www.swiftkey.net

SwiftKey™ features include:

• Support for US/UK English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish
• Unique next‐word prediction engine based on word context
• Rapid and comprehensive learning of individual writing style
• Up to 50% greater text entry efficiency than other market solutions
• A third of next words predicted without any character input
• Relevant, personalised predictions
• Advanced error correction designed for small mobile keyboards
• Novel and intuitive user interface
• Inline spelling and grammar correction
• Automatic accent insertion (for non‐English character entry)

It claims to do it with 50% accuracy, see for yourself after the break.

I am currently using it myself after getting a bit frustrated with Swype and I personally think its great for a Beta release. I would like to see a button to  hide the keyboard when it reaches final stage as it can be intrusive when trying to read a text message for example.

Here is a video of it working below:

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Here are some screenshots of the app below:

VIA: Engadget

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