Anyone tried this? Works perfectly for me. Any reason why I should go back to the OpenBoard fork with Swipe?

  • @simple@lemm.ee
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    810 months ago

    Does it actually have swipe typing? I just downloaded to check and it doesn’t seem like it does.

      • Tiritibambix
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        310 months ago

        Jeez, I tried it before and just tried again now and I can not find the swipe to text option. I think I’m either blind or stupid. I hope I’m not both

          • Tiritibambix
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            410 months ago

            Dude !! You made a video in order to help me ?! Thank you so much.

            I don’t have the option for gesture typing though. I have this version installed:

            • @jjnjjlr@lemmy.world
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              210 months ago

              That’s bizarre. That’s the same version I have. The only thing I can think of is that your system language isn’t English and maybe it removes that option. ¯_ (ツ) _/¯ If that is the case it’s unfortunate that it doesn’t work for different languages.

              You could try switching the system language to verify that that is what is happening. I have no idea what kind of effort it takes to add that feature for other languages but you could always ask the Dev.

        • @pruneaue
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          210 months ago

          Florisboard also has gesture typing, however i rarely use it. I find i make a lot more mistakes than i did swipe typing with gboard

      • @grumpyrico@lemmy.world
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        210 months ago

        Hey fellow Lemmy … Thx a lot for this tip!

        Was messing around with floris today, which is nice … But funding this fork is great - missed swiping more than expected

        Unfortunately the development seems stale

        • @jjnjjlr@lemmy.world
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          210 months ago

          I like openboard because of the similarities to gboard and this fits the bill well. However I do agree that this fork doesn’t seem active. But I have a feeling that perhaps it was just a personal project to add swipe to openboard.

  • 𝔄𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔫
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    310 months ago

    No spellcheck, no swipe but works for me. Been using this for a long time… Minimal app at best

      • @p000l@lemmy.sdf.org
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        110 months ago

        The one I’m talking about used to let you complete a word using swipes from two finger simultaneously.

        Think it was called nintype or keyboard 69.

  • @nearjsss@reddthat.com
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    110 months ago

    I have been using Simple Keyboard for more than a year now and I’m a big fan of it, no annoying auto corrections or spooky telemetry, and the swipe to move the cursor or delete it’s really amazing.