Ginger666Apr 4, 2024

What is a good keyboard for android?

https://lemmy.world/post/13908483

What is a good keyboard for android? - Lemmy.World

I’ve been using SwiftKey for waaaaaaay too long. I shoulda switched when Microsoft bought them out. But old habits die hard. And I love the skin I use. Help they know everything I’ve typed on a phone. That can’t be good for anyone.

Show threadninjaturtleApr 4, 2024
Check out HeliBoard on f-droid.
Show threadBob
I see that’s a fork of Openboard, which I have, but I don’t really use it because it keeps suggesting American spellings (sometimes alongside British spellings), and my thumbs are too mighty to use a mobile phone keyboard without the suggestions. Would you happen to know if Heliboard fixes this?
Apr 5, 2024 at 9:56amWeb
Show threadN4CHEMApr 5, 2024

I have Heliboard set to English (UK) and it suggests British spellings (highlighting the American ones as typos), so I think you should be good. However, I’m not sure if the spellings cone from my phone’s system it from the keyboard…

I would nevertheless recommend trying it: it has some very nice improvements over OpenBoard and is under active development, so you could request new features or report bugs and expect them to be taken care of.

Show threadBobApr 5, 2024
I’m convinced!
Show threadninjaturtleApr 5, 2024
It has space bar swiping to move the cursor back and forth but I am not sure which dictionaries it supports.