Microsoft's new text prediction feature for Word can help writers work faster and better.
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The new feature is designed to anticipate what the user is going to write next and save them the trouble of typing it out in full. Microsoft's offering joins a growing number of apps that attempt to predict your words. Predictive writing apps can be a great way to save time, experts say.
“It’s a lifesaver for users when they’re stuck with sentence structure,” Brad Smith, CEO of publishing software company Wordable, said in an email interview. “With text prediction, you can train the machine to predict text based on a user’s writing style.”
Microsoft will roll out support for predictive text to Word next month. The software will reportedly work similarly to Smart Compose in Google Docs. The features use machine learning to guess the word or phrase the author wants to type, enabling faster input.
