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!

  • Ashen@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for this, btw. The fork that has swiping enabled hasn’t been updated for over a year at this point :/

    u/sudo22 has mentioned that a library is required to enable swiping, but I don’t have a clue on how to download/use it. I’ll try figuring it out.

    Edit : Figured it out, the app allows you to import the libjni_latinimegoogle.so file if you’ve downloaded it.

    • FarLine99@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I was very pleased with how well swipe input works with this library. After finding this fork, I stopped using GBoard, which I am very happy about :)

      • Ashen@sh.itjust.worksOP
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        1 year ago

        Yes! Also the original, actively developed Open Board has a vastly superior auto correct. I’ve just been using it for a couple hours now but I absolutely love it.

        My typing speed was really good in SwiftKey because of it’s autocorrect. I felt hindered with the previous fork, but this one is absolutely wonderful. I’m about 90-95% there.