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submitted 6 months ago by TheFrirish@jlai.lu to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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The successor of Openboard, Heliboard finally comes out in 1.0 my favorite open source keyboard out there.

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[-] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 43 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

HeliBoard with Swipe + FUTO have made replacing gboard possible for me. I feel like it's been a 90% replacement, a far greater degree than some of the decent keyboards currently available. I regularly use but swipe and speech to text in two languages. I'm really really happy and grateful for these tools. 💜

[-] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Just in case I'm asked, here's the basics steps to get it going:

I downloaded the release from https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard and then installed. (Or set it up via Obtainium until its ready for F-Droid release)
I downloaded the Swipe library linked on the HeliBoard Github page from here.
Under HeliBoard settings -> advanced, I clicked "load gesture library" and selected the downloaded swipe library
And for voice input, l downloaded Futo from the play store. FYI, it's free and offline, but not FOSS.

That's it.

Just setup the two apps with your specifics like the theme and etc. This is what mine looks like now:

[-] technomad@slrpnk.net 7 points 6 months ago

How do you get your microphone option in the top right corner like that. Mine only shows up under the toolbar menu, after hitting the arrow key (top left corner)

[-] spacebot3000@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

You can tap and hold on the microphone button to pin it to the right.

[-] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Exactly this. You can pin several functions this way.

[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

This is a hot tip!

[-] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

Wow, that's a gamechanger! HeliBoard has so many neat little tricks like that, but sometimes they're hard to find.

[-] spacebot3000@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Here's another one then: in heliboard settings, go to about, and hit "Description of hidden features." It's where I found that, plus a few more neat tricks!