History

Swype was developed by founders Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden, along with a very talented team of software programmers and linguists.

Cliff is the co-inventor of T9, the standard predictive text-entry solution used on over 2.4 billion mobile phones worldwide. He is the named inventor on multiple patents related to alternative text entry.

Randy is the developer of the onscreen keyboard included in Windows, with an installed base of over a half a billion units. He is a recognized leader in the field of assistive technology and alternative computer input.

Together, their experience is unmatched in developing onscreen keyboard-based text input solutions for mobile touch-screen devices.