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FOSS keyboard: Simple Keyboard by RKKR, swipe typing and AOSP looks.(www.f-droid.org)

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

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

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jjnjjlr@lemmy.world
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There’s a fork of Openboard that has swipe to text.

Edit: link - https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard/releases/tag/v1.4.5-gesture-typing

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Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml
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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

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jjnjjlr@lemmy.world
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Long press the comma will bring up the settings button. Then it is on the main page of the settings.

Gif - https://imgur.com/a/wIzLeMv

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WhoRoger@lemmy.world
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Are you sure you have the fork with gesture typing support? They’re both called OpenBoard with no external distinction.

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scrchngwsl@feddit.uk
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that’s actually really good - thanks!

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pruneaue@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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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

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grumpyrico@lemmy.world
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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

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jjnjjlr@lemmy.world
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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.

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Dasnap@lemmy.world
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Google Play page says it doesn’t and probably never will.

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