SwiftKey's new keyboard app lets you text like Shakespeare

An app for mobile phones was launched on Thursday which allows users to text like William Shakespeare. The predictive technology in the app will do the rest, to produce fake Shakespeare text. For instance, writing “To be” will prompt the app to complete the sentence with “or not to be, that is the question,” or “All the”, which is completed as “world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”. Sarah Rowley, SwiftKey’s head of partnerships, said: “Shakespeare brought language to the masses in innovative and exciting ways – and now people can experience his unique and timeless use of language on their smartphone keyboard.” IANS