1. A method for use in a continuous stroke system having a virtual keyboard with an integrated correction display, comprising: receiving a portion of a first part of a continuous stroke which has been input into a virtual keyboard, wherein the first part of the continuous stroke corresponds to locations, on the virtual keyboard, of multiple letters of the beginning of a word in sequence, without indicating a last letter of the word; wherein the continuous stroke is entered by a user through continuous contact with a display, the continuous contact corresponding to multiple keys on the virtual keyboard, and wherein the portion of the first part of the continuous stroke corresponds to one or more initial letters that comprise less than all the letters of the word; determining, while the first part of the continuous stroke is being received and before the last letter corresponding to the first part of the continuous stroke has been indicated, a matching set of word patterns that at least partially match the first part of the continuous stroke, wherein the determining is performed, at least in part, by comparing the received portion of the first part of the continuous stroke with an initial portion of multiple known word patterns which correspond to multiple known words; generating, from the matching set of word patterns, multiple known words which correspond to the received portion of the first part of the continuous stroke; in response to a trigger event, displaying at least one of the multiple known words on the integrated correction display, integrated with the virtual keyboard, before the continuous stroke has been completed, wherein the trigger event is based on a comparison between speed information concerning a current rate of movement of the continuous stroke and a threshold speed value; updating the received portion of the first part of the continuous stroke with a second part of the continuous stroke which has been input into the virtual keyboard before the last letter corresponding to the first part of the continuous stroke has been indicated, wherein the second part of the continuous stroke extends the continuous stroke to intersect with one of the multiple known words displayed on the integrated correction display; and selecting, based on the extension of the continuous stroke, the one of the multiple known words with which the updated continuous stroke intersects.
1. A method for use in a continuous stroke system having a virtual keyboard with an integrated correction display, comprising: receiving a portion of a first part of a continuous stroke which has been input into a virtual keyboard, wherein the first part of the continuous stroke corresponds to locations, on the virtual keyboard, of multiple letters of the beginning of a word in sequence, without indicating a last letter of the word; wherein the continuous stroke is entered by a user through continuous contact with a display, the continuous contact corresponding to multiple keys on the virtual keyboard, and wherein the portion of the first part of the continuous stroke corresponds to one or more initial letters that comprise less than all the letters of the word; determining, while the first part of the continuous stroke is being received and before the last letter corresponding to the first part of the continuous stroke has been indicated, a matching set of word patterns that at least partially match the first part of the continuous stroke, wherein the determining is performed, at least in part, by comparing the received portion of the first part of the continuous stroke with an initial portion of multiple known word patterns which correspond to multiple known words; generating, from the matching set of word patterns, multiple known words which correspond to the received portion of the first part of the continuous stroke; in response to a trigger event, displaying at least one of the multiple known words on the integrated correction display, integrated with the virtual keyboard, before the continuous stroke has been completed, wherein the trigger event is based on a comparison between speed information concerning a current rate of movement of the continuous stroke and a threshold speed value; updating the received portion of the first part of the continuous stroke with a second part of the continuous stroke which has been input into the virtual keyboard before the last letter corresponding to the first part of the continuous stroke has been indicated, wherein the second part of the continuous stroke extends the continuous stroke to intersect with one of the multiple known words displayed on the integrated correction display; and selecting, based on the extension of the continuous stroke, the one of the multiple known words with which the updated continuous stroke intersects. 2. The method of claim 1 : wherein the continuous stroke system is associated with an active application; and wherein the method further comprises outputting to the associated active application the selected one of the multiple known words.