Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that generates a soft keyboard projected onto a touch sensitive surface. The system includes components that form and associate groups of characters, symbols, numerals, letters, or punctuation to a small number of soft keys projected onto the touch sensitive surface, animates the groups of characters, symbols, numerals, letters, or punctuation assigned to the small number of soft keys, and obtains indication of a character, symbol, numeral, letter, or punctuation selected by a user when the user touches the surface while the groups of characters, symbols, numerals, letters, or punctuation are in animation.