Typing Assistant

The Typing Assistant

Inspiration

Typing with the default on-screen keyboard provided by most computers can sometimes be difficult for our differently-abled friends —especially those who have a hard time repeatedly moving their mouse long distances to click buttons that are far too close together. Just try typing "preventable" using an on-screen keyboard! We wanted to make an app that minimized the amount of movement they need to type words, while giving them control of how those words are arranged.

What it does

The Typing Assistant provides users with a scroll picker to select the character they would like to add. Once the user is satisfied with the current word they are typing, they can add it to a large text block which stores the words they have been typing in paragraph form. While the user is typing, autocorrect suggestions appear to help the user type faster. Once the user is happy with their words, sentences, or paragraph, they can copy it to their clipboard to paste wherever they need!

How we built it

We used React for the front-end, and Google Cloud Firestore for the backend.

Challenges we ran into

We faced challenges integrating Google Cloud Firestore with our app to create queries for the autocomplete suggestions; we were unable to address this issue due to time constraints.