This is our presentation for the Wearables London MeetUp, on how the ETAOI Systems is reinventing text entry for 21st Century devices with the 5-TILES Keyboard. The presentation is a brief history of text entry systems, looking at why there has been so little progress, and looking at the need to start from scratch!

1. …reinventing text input for 21st century devices….
“The
best
way
to
predict
the
future
is
to
invent
it.”
Alan
Kay
“Your
task
is
not
to
foresee
the
future,
but
to
enable
it.”
Antoine
de
Saint-­‐Exupéry

2. “An ideal keyboard for a smart watch”
“An easier way of writing – the 5 key revolution”
“An elegant solution to the problem of small screens
plus Qwerty keyboards”

10. PROBLEM # 1

12. PROBLEM # 2
Image Credit: SapientNitro at CES2014

14. Image
Credit:
Google
Patent
Filing
08558759
Image
Credit:
Chester
Gould
PROBLEM # 3

15. SOLUTION = REINVENT
• Only 5 keys
• 70% less space
• 30 – 50 wpm
• One-handed typing
• Eyes on screen
• Smallest footprint yet

16. SOLUTION = REINVENT
• User-friendly text input
• Enable the “Killer Application”
• type quick replies
• enhance sensor data
• introduce check lists
• take quick notes

17. SOLUTION = REINVENT

18. Once upon a time, in the mountains of Italy, in a
5m deep hole, there was a man who just
wanted to write….

21. Pop up the Cheat Sheets for more

22. Awards and Competitions
UKTI
Stand
CompeLLon
Winner
Start-­‐up
Pitch
CompeLLon
Finalist
UKTI
Stand
CompeLLon
Winner
Droidcon
2013
Demo
Camp
1
of
4
out
of
100s
showcased
to
Merkel
&
Cameron
at
CeBIT

23. 1 of 4, out of 100s showcased at CeBIT to
Angela Merkel & David Cameron

24. • Non-feature phones have
small screens
• Primary or only access to
Internet
• High % non-QWERTY
• BRIC new users
• Pre-teen new users
Growing Smart Phone Market

25. iOS 8 – the biggest release since the App Store - will
open up the system keyboard to 3rd parties
Opening iPhone Market = 300m+

27. Emerging Wearables Market
• Smart watches could easily
eat into the low-end smart
phone market
• Developer numbers growth
• From 40 to 200 brands
entering the market
• 1 in 20 smart phones will be
paired with a smart watch

29. CEO Michal Kubacki is an inventor, scriptwriter, author and
website developer with 3 years supervisory experience in food
retail. He ran his own photography & design agency for 3 years.
CTO Fabio Carta has been working as a software developer for 3
years, in ASP.NET framework, MVC, Android SDK framework, SQL
Server, Java and C. He has a degree in Information Technology
from the University of Pisa.
CMO Margaret Gold is a mobile industry veteran with over 10
years experience as an innovation & business launch specialist,
working with a wide range of start-ups and corporate ventures.
She has an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management.
linkedin.com/margaretgold
CFO Piotr Pieczynski is a Chartered Accountant with 3 years
experience with an AIM-quoted UK technology firm, as their
operations accountant, and a global accounting firm,
specializing in corporate finance.
Founding Team

30. We are now raising Seed
• £150,000 Seed Round
• SEIS qualified

31. DOWNLOAD
tinyurl.com/fivetiles

32. DOWNLOAD: tinyurl.com/fivetiles
CONTACT: Margaret Gold, CMO/
margaret@etaoisystems.com / @MobileMaggie
ONLINE: http://fivetiles.com / @fivetiles /
https://www.youtube.com/user/ETAOIkeyboard