CALGARY, Alberta-Predictive input company Zi Corp. announced its $1 million, all-stock acquisition of privately held handwriting-recognition company Decuma AB. Zi said it will use the technology to expand its input technologies for sale to handset makers.
“Decuma’s innovative handwriting recognition technology is definitely complementary to Zi’s eZiText,” said Michael Donnell, Zi’s president and chief executive officer. “The combination of Decuma’s handwriting recognition and Zi’s prediction technology fits our strategy of developing software to simplify and enhance the use of mobile devices. By marrying our prediction technology with Decuma’s advanced handwriting recognition, we believe we can further strengthen our competitive advantage and increase market share by offering a more complete suite of well-differentiated products. We look forward to assimilating Decuma into our business and working closely with its innovative staff.”
Zi sells predictive input software that speeds up the time it takes to type words using a standard mobile-phone keypad.
