Zi Corporation yesterday announced that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Nintendo to provide eZiText predictive text input technology to the forthcoming Wii console. Widely used in cell phones and PDA devices to facilitate text messaging, eZiText works by trying to guess what word you are typing as you type it.

This sort of technology makes me feel like I have a horrible stuttering problem and an impatient friend who always tries to second-guess what I am saying to speed things along. When I use my pocket PC I often imagine it yelling the suggested words at me in frustration, which makes the whole process that much more entertaining.

Zi has worked with Nintendo in the past, having provided their Decuma handwriting recognition technology to the DS, making them directly responsible for my low Brain Age score. Michael Fahey

Predictive move by Wii [Virgin.net]