I really like Heliboard but Jesus does it suck at autocorrect and detecting what key I meant to hit. Gboard is a thousand times more accurate in these respects and so I default to Heliboard but I’ll occasionally switch to gboard if I have a lot to type and Heli is just wasting my time.
Glad it's not just me with the autocorrect. I feel like I am fighting it sometimes but I'm too stubborn to go back to GBoard
That's why I mentioned the Google swipe library
The instructions are on their Github wiki, the link to which can be found in the About section of HeliBoard Settings, for anyone who's curious.
Either it's the nostalgia goggles, or another example of enshittification... but I remember when gesture typing was exclusive (actually was it exclusive? I'm doubting myself now) to FlexT9 and it was like magic - your gestures could be sloppy as fuck and it was still shockingly accurate. Someone must have bought them out or something, cuz FlexT9 kinda just disappeared and gesture typing started to become a standard feature. But no longer a reliable feature... as evident by the number of times I had to manually correct the autocorrects in this post...
Does Helioboard support multi-language typing? I write in Spanish and English all the time. I tried FUTO's keyboard but pretty much immediately had to uninstall it because constantly having to switch the language on the keyboard super sucked.
Sure does
Unfortunately, it's got some issues... It kinda works, but after typing Spanish with the English keyboard, I think I broke the English keyboard...
It's not as bad as FUTO, but the Spanish spellcheck on the English keyboard could be improved... 😢
I'm stuck on Gboard... :(
I feel you. I type in three languages, and Gboard is the only one able to handle that.
I can't wait for the day when I can finally ditch it
I use Futo Voice Input for voice input myself.
But yes, Helioboard is amaze.
I used the whatever third party blob for Helioboard's swipe input is from..... Forgot where I got the instructions for that...but it was easy peasy.
They're both pretty much the same thing except Transcribro is actually open source.
Transcribro is amazingly accurate, better than anything else I've tried.
I've always had trouble with Heliboard. I don't know why, but I just can't seem to type on it.
Edit: This is me typknfnkn hslkbkadd in the same waybibtypebkn gboard.
I struggle with it too tbh
I just started using heliboard the other day and I really want to like it. But the swiping seems way less accurate (even though im using the same library? ). I also switch between swiping and using two thumbs to tap. When tapping, it seems like autocorrect rarely works well compared to gboard.
Does Heliboard support Japanese input?
I see that FUTO has a keyboard too. Is it necessary to install both FUTO keyboard and voice input? Do people like the FUTO keyboard as a google alternative?
I love FUTO keyboard. I think you can set up other voice inputs, but I'm not sure. I do know that you can use the voice input with other keyboards. It's honestly the best voice input I've ever used. It works better than Google or Microsoft. It's faster than other implementations of the same library.
A lot of people have said that the gesture typing is bad, but I've never had trouble with it personally.
Heliboard is also a great choice - I used it for a while before switching to FUTO. If you are an open source enthusiast, it is the best option by far IMO. FUTO has the source available for audit and community contributions, and is privacy respecting, but it is debated whether the license is truly FOSS.
Is that actually your name? As in, גדליה? Juuuuust curious.
My middle name, yeah.
Futo is really good! The voice input is amazing! And you can actually download just the voice input and use it inside Heliboard if you want
Thanks. Uninstalled FUTO keyboard. Just using FUTO voice with HeliBoard
I wouldn't mind switching, but I heavily rely on the gif search capability.
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