T9-System

Some introduction how to use T9.
And how the selection of words can make people upset.

T9: text on 9 keys.Developed by Tegic Communications. Text Input and the technology has been licensed to major consumer electronics and communications equipment manufacturers worldwide. T9 text Input, a leading alphabet-based and Chinese, Japanese and Korean-based text input software.Beyond predicting and completing words, T9 predicts entire phrases based on the phrases typed most often. T9 adjusts the order of the words based on user preferences and prior usage. T9 allows the user to easily store and use favorite slang and codes. T9 combines the groups of letters on each phone key with a fast-access dictionary of words. It looks up in the dictionary all words corresponding to the sequence of key presses and orders them by frequency of use. As it gains familiarity with the words and phrases the users commonly uses, it speeds up the process by offering the most frequently used words first and then lets the user access other choices with one or more presses of a predefinied Next key.The dictionary can be expanded by adding missing words, enabling them to be recognized in the future. After introducing a new word, the next time the user tries to produce that word T9 will add it to the predictive dictionary. The number of the words stored depends of the implementation as well as the language.T9 leverages experience in linguistics and language databases. Additionally, it leverages T9 Text Input technology, providing support for search with multi-language capabilities. All of the languages supported by T9 are available upon request.

NUANCE (the company who today owns the T9 system)Worldwide Headquarters1 Wayside RoadBurlington, MA 01803United StatesTel: 781-565-5000Fax: 781-565-5001

Question:
We wonder about the regulation of the words suggested in the T9 system when you type a text message. How might the T9 system affect and influence the standardization of the language? What rules are there behind the selected words - the order in which they are suggested?

Test: distorting poem by using T9-System

O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), Leaves of Grass. 1900
(Original)
O Captain! my Captain!
our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather´d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

(T9)
O Captain! my
Captain! our fearful trip is
done. The ship
has weather´d
every pack, the
prize we sought
is won; while
follow eyes thats
teady keel, the
vessel grin
and daring; but o
heart! Heart!
Heart! O the
bleeding drops of
see. Where on
the deal my
captain kids,f
allen cold and
dead.