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I recently wrote a review of Interkey, so I’m not going to go into a lot of detail other than to announce that version 3.0 is available for download at www.penreader.com. The standard version costs $24.95, and the professional version costs $34.95.

This is a hefty price to pay for a screen input keyboard, and there are certainly others out there for far less that will do the job for you. However, there are some virtues to consider.

One of the main attractions of Interkey is the vast number of languages and keyboard layouts it supports. So, if you’re a polyglot, this one is a good choice.

Another attractive feature is the large key layout option that is designed for finger typing. Even with my bear paws, I am able to make it work satisfactorily, which is more than I can say for the iPhone keyboard. When you tap a key, a magnified version pops up to help eliminate mistakes. If you tapped the wrong key, just slide your finger to the right one. Another welcome feature is the predictive text engine, which is excellent and also helps to eliminate errors.

Supposedly, you can use screen gestures to insert a space, shift key, backspace, and enter, but I could not get this to work on my screen. Perhaps it was due to such limited space because I ended up highlighting text every time I tried it.

While you can set whether you want a space after the input of each work or not, you cannot set it for capitalizing the first work of every sentence, which would be on my wish list. It will not capitalize “I” contractions such as I’d, I’m, I’ll. But, it does capitalize the word “I”. Curious.

I must say that I do enjoy using it and the fact that there is no learning curve. You can just jump in and type away on the familiar QWERTY layout without having to learn how to tap dance with new fancy motions as with some other systems. I especially appreciate its robust predictive text feature. Once you type in a new word, it becomes part of the database, which also saves time. I also like the fact that you can install it on a memory card to save main memory space.

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