Gboard is getting visibly worse almost on a daily basis, especially autocorrecting perfectly legitimate words, presumably based on dubious analysis of other people’s writing. So what’s worth trying? The ability to swipe type is a big plus

  • sasquash@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    I am looking for a privacy friendly SwiftKey alternative, so I will give it a try. Seems like there is sadly not much alternative.

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      If you go with FUTO keyboard, do these as soon as you download it:

      1. Turn on the machine learning feature for swipe typing (entirely local - nothing about the keyboard phones home)
      2. Allow curse words
      3. Make autocorrect your bitch, and I mean really force it

      If you do these things, it will - eventually - figure out your typing habits. But it’s worth it. I’ve been using it for a month or so and, outside of some odd quirks, it’s working pretty well. Even has a clipboard manager and a “paste” button (for fat-fingerers like me), among other neat tools.

      Oh, and don’t forget to drop it into Obtainium so it can be updated, as it’s not offered through any app store.