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What android keyboard app do you use and why? (lemmy.today)

submitted 3 months ago by Paradachshund@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I use Gboard.

The main things I like about it are:

Very customizable (I like having number row always visible, and having long press for symbols on each letter).
Has gif support built in.

My biggest pain point is:

It auto corrects words that are spelled correctly to other words. I type "our" and it changes to "out", I recently typed "purpose" and it changed it to "purple". Autocorrect is awesome and necessary, but I hate that it corrects words to other words and not just typos. I wish I could find a keyboard that has the things I like without this annoyance.

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[-] VerseAndVermin@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

FUTO Keyboard. Its newer. Still needs improvements to gesture typing. Overall I like it.

[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 9 points 3 months ago

The only thing I'm missing is the ability to use multiple languages at once.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It's pretty easy to switch, es posible cambiar con una toca. You can map it to a long press or swipe or use a dedicated key.

[-] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

I have 4 languages i need to constantly switch between. It becomes frustrating after a while

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

How would you like to switch between them? I use 3 regularly with different layouts and I've never had an issue. For me, a keyboard swipe is quicker than a long press and tap to select, or a tap on a single button. It could be any of the above. You can also have the switching button in the top menu or by the space bar.

Is there a better switching method for you?

[-] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

'Keyboard swipe'? Wdym? I think i might have missed something..

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Sorry, swiping right or left on the spacebar in this case.

[-] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

It doesnt seem to work for me. Is there a toggle in the settings maybe? Didnt find any..

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I've heard people say that the gesture typing is not great, but I've never had an issue.At least not more than any other keyboard.

For me, the voice typing is literally the best I've ever used.

I don't think there is a free and private keyboard that has gifs, stickers, etc. but I do like the way FUTO handles emoji.

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago

Does it have the features I called out that I like about Gboard?

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I don't think there is a free/private keyboard with gifs or stickers. There's gboard, SwiftKey, Samsung keyboard, and increasingly sketchy keyboards from there on down.

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago

I'd be happy to pay for one if it was good enough.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh, I meant free as in not proprietary. Free as in freedom.

I remember hearing about Fleksy keyboard years ago, although I can't really attest to it. It seems to have far fewer trackers than most proprietary keyboards, and just for analytics. Most other keyboards you find will send your data to advertisers or worse.

So far, most of the ones suggested here are free and private, meaning that they belong to the community and not to a company, and they do not collect or sell your data. That may be a factor for you or it may not, but I think a lot of people on Lemmy tend to care about it.

[-] cb900f_bodhi@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 months ago

Fleksy has gif support built-in. It's the only one outside of Gboard and SwiftKey that does afaik

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Samsung does, and lots of others. But IMHO, they get pretty sketchy pretty quickly. Ginger has 12 known trackers, Bobble AI has 8, GO has 17, etc.

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