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Paradachshund Aug 15, 2024

What android keyboard app do you use and why?

What android keyboard app do you use and why? - Lemmy Today

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. Am I looking for a unicorn? Let me know! 😄

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StorageAware Aug 16, 2024

Thumb-Key

It took a few weeks to get used to it and a few more to get comfortable, but now I don’t think I can go back. Before when I messed up, I would keep repeating the mistake until I was forced to slow down. Now I can get 40-50 WPM when I try.

I do miss some things but they really aren’t deal breakers:

Clipboard History
Emoji Search
Autofill Integration

Thumb-Key | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

A privacy-conscious keyboard made for your thumbs.

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Player2

I have been using Thumb Key for a few months and while I generally like it, I have not been able to figure out how to remove things like the voice typing, pasting, and undo shortcuts. Every so often I accidentally hit undo while typing, which just erases my whole message irrecoverably since my other thumb hit the next key right after. I wish I could remove all those swipe controls on the side altogether since I never use them.