eZiText For Wii

Text-input will never be more eZi according to Zi Corporation, the company who licenced Nintendo to include their eZiText technology in the upcoming Wii console. Sounds eZii.

Zi Corporation, a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, announced that it has signed and exclusive licensing agreement with Nintendo to embed its predictive text input technology, eZiText, into Nintendo's Wii console.

"Nintendo is a worldwide leader in video game systems and has a reputation for bringing innovative technology to the market," said Milos Djokovic, President and CEO of Zi Corporation. "By embedding eZiText in Wii, Nintendo is empowering its customer with a more user friendly method for text input."

"This announcement heralds the future use of eZiText outside of conventional mobile usage," continued Djokovic. "The global gaming industry has become a worldwide phenomenon and is becoming an important new avenue for the distribution of our products. As such, we will continue to progressively pursue new gaming customers."

Nintendo characterizes Wii as a console that "will revolutionize how people play games... it will entice new players into the world of video games by offering a variety of entertainment, information and communication channels."

The announcement with Nintendo is the third entrance into the multi-billion dollar international gaming industry for Zi products and the second agreement with Nintendo. In 2005, Zi licensed its Decuma handwriting recognition technology to Nintendo for use in the Nintendo DS handheld video game system.

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