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Any good keyboard recommations? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Every year or so I try one or more privacy focused keyboards. I always end up right back on SwiftKey after a couple of weeks because most of the keyboards I try have the same problem: the predictions suck.

Ok, I get that surveillance is good for predictions. Put another way, predictions are tough without collecting everything everyone types. Is there a best-of-both-worlds keyboard out there? I'd be patient enough to give it some time to learn how I type and get better.

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[–] Helix@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

I like AnySoftKeyboard but it also doesn't have great predictions. They're very customizable though, so maybe you can get something out of it?

[–] virtueisdead@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I assume you must've tried openboard. What issues did you have with it? The predictions have been more than satisfactory in my experience.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have OpenBoard too and the predictions suck for me. What do you do that makes it not suck for you?

[–] 7eter@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Use it for a while.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Closest I got was Florisboard because of the customization options

The main things I'm looking for (in order) are

predictions
better support for emojis and gifs
built in translations

Google Keyboard works really nicely and it's hard to give up on some of that

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can you link me? Searching it in the Play Store turns up some weird results.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's on fdroid :)

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This sucks. What kind of suggestions are these?

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

If you need word suggestions use OpenBoard. If you dont, Florisboard is king.

I always turned off these "you cant type and I know it better anyways" suggestions. Also bilingual + colloquial is not great

[–] AzureRT@reddthat.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Used to use Openboard but honestly swipe typing is actually good. So I went with Gboard with internet access turned off.

[–] Rose@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

AOSP keyboard also supports swipe typing when the right library is in place, but I don't think you can get it without flashing a new ROM or via root access.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Aosp keyboard is the worst keyboard in existence.