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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Ashen@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I've been using SwiftKey for over a decade now, and I didn't really realize how potentially horrible it is for privacy. What are some good alternatives you guys can suggest, ideally open source?

My ideal keyboard includes swipe to type and a notepad (to paste certain emoticons like shrug emoji and such).

Thank you!

Edit, for any future lemmings/internet people who want the definitive answer (so far, as of October '23), OpenBoard works great.

Download the latest release apk from here

And if you want swipe typing as well,

Download the "libjni_latinimegoogle.so" file onto your phone from here

Then when you open OpenBoard, go to Advanced and select "Load gesture typing library". When it asks you to select a file, select the "libjni" file and swiping should work just fine.

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[-] Ashen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure ifn you've seen the rest of the thread, but there's a version of OpenBoard that has swipe as well. It's almost exactly the experience I've been looking for. You might like it as well.

[-] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

OK. Yep open board seems to address all the issues I had with ASK. I'll definitely give this one a good attempt. Really all my gripes are taken care of, and all in easy to navigate settings. Thanks OP!

[-] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Swipe is actually a bit difficult to use with the Colemak layout. With the most common letters all on the home row, much of the swiping just turns into going back and forth on the home row, so you need to be pretty accurate.

I'll take a look at it though, thanks for the suggestion.

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