Systems and Methods for Selecting a Symbol Input by a User

In one embodiment, a method includes providing for display a first set of touch-screen keys corresponding to a first set of symbols. The method also includes providing for display at least partially underneath the first set of touch-screen keys a second set of touch-screen keys corresponding to a second set of symbols. At least a portion of the second set of touch-screen keys are visible through the first set of keys. The method further includes detecting a touch gesture by the user over the first and second sets of keys intending to input a symbol. The method further includes determining a context of the input by the user. The method further includes selecting based at least in part on the context a symbol in the first set of symbols or a symbol in the second set of symbols as the symbol that the user intended to input.