Swiftkey Fans: Have you tried Clarity?

codesplice · Apr 27, 2015

I've seen some rumblings around the Internets today about the new Clarity keyboard from Swiftkey: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swiftkey.clarity.keyboard

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It sounds like it tries to one-up some of the correction/prediction capabilities of the original Swiftkey:

FEATURES
* Multi-word autocorrect - checks the last few words you’ve typed and retrospectively corrects them.
* No more ‘damn-you-autocorrect’ - quickly undo any autocorrections and restore exactly what you typed by tapping backspace.
* Always learning - automatically learns your slang, nicknames and phrases.

Do note that Swiftkey stresses the experimental nature of Clarity; it is likely being used to test some features and changes that may eventually find their way into the mainline Swiftkey keyboard - or be scrapped entirely.

Still, I'm definitely going to try it out. How about you?

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

Yeah tried it earlier mate and the prediction is excellent but it's very much in beta (no settings, no emoji, no punctuation slider..) so I can't really use it seriously

El Presidente · Apr 27, 2015

funkylogik said:
Yeah tried it earlier mate and the prediction is excellent but it's very much in beta (no settings, no emoji, no punctuation slider..) so I can't really use it seriously

Ditto. I imagine the lack of a punctuation slider will annoy me a little. I like trying new keyboards though.

codesplice · Apr 27, 2015

No punctuation slider? This screenshot kind of made me think that was included:

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funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

Nah mate I mean when you hold your finger on the full stop (period) button and !,.? pop up for you to slide your thumb onto :thumbsupdroid:

codesplice · Apr 27, 2015

It kind of seems like the "drag your finger from the symbols key" gesture is designed to replace that - and it should be quicker since you don't have to wait for the long-press interval.

I think.

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

Cool. I actually didn't try that mate :thumbsupdroid:

the long press time is actually pretty instant though and my muscle memory is used to it lol.
I'm also not sure how I feel about having no suggestion bar.
Think it will take me some time to just put my trust in the predictions and I tend to tap on the suggestion bar after typing the 1st few letters of a long word.
Also I missed the number bar even though I don't use it much, it's nice to have there.
Love the theme on Clarity though

El Presidente · Apr 27, 2015

I'm not sure if I like the dragging your finger thing, but it's probably because I don't know where all the symbols are supposed to be.

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

Oh yeah. I'm retrying it and sliding the symbol button works well.
I've just noticed another problem though... No haptic feedback

codesplice · Apr 27, 2015

I hate it when new apps show up while I'm at work... I get to read and look at them, but never get to play until I head home. You guys are definitely giving me some things to check for though!

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

Lmao well you started the thread mate

codesplice · Apr 27, 2015

funkylogik said:
Lmao well you started the thread mate

I was excited!

El Presidente · Apr 27, 2015

funkylogik said:
Oh yeah. I'm retrying it and sliding the symbol button works well.
I've just noticed another problem though... No haptic feedback

I turn haptic feedback off anyway so that's not a huge problem for me.

I could probably get used to this actually.

Themes would be nice, but I accept that it's just a beta at the moment.

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

codesplice · Apr 27, 2015

I snuck out for a quick BK run (I needed a Coke Icee!) and played with Clarity a bit. It's got some cool ideas - I definitely see why it's a separate app rather than features built in to the existing Swiftkey. I'll try to stick with it as my primary keyboard for a week or so and see how it goes.

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

Cool. Well you're more of a man than me mate.. NO EMOJI!!! :eek:

codesplice · Apr 27, 2015

Back in my day, we made our own emoji.

>:-|
o/\o
@}-;-'---

hiredgun · Apr 27, 2015

That would have been with android SKITTLE right? Lol.

codesplice said:
Back in my day, we made our own emoji.

>:-|
o/\o
@}-;-'---

Hadron · Apr 27, 2015

Just installed, will try it out on the train tomorrow morning.

I turn off emoji keys anyway, so that omission isn't a problem for me

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

Hadron said:
Just installed, will try it out on the train tomorrow morning.

I turn off emoji keys anyway, so that omission isn't a problem for me

Boring bastard!!

hiredgun · Apr 27, 2015

Both Swype and TouchPal use this system, so I should be good with this too!

codesplice said:
It kind of seems like the "drag your finger from the symbols key" gesture is designed to replace that - and it should be quicker since you don't have to wait for the long-press interval.

I think.

PattiCakeUS · Apr 27, 2015

They need to add slide/swype/flow typing as an option. I hate regular keyboard typing

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

PattiCakeUS said:
They need to add slide/swype/flow typing as an option. I hate regular keyboard typing

Lol I just can not swipe

codesplice · Apr 27, 2015

PattiCakeUS said:
They need to add slide/swype/flow typing as an option. I hate regular keyboard typing

Yeah, that's taking some getting used to.

funkylogik · Apr 27, 2015

El Presidente said:
I turn haptic feedback off anyway so that's not a huge problem for me.

I could probably get used to this actually.

Themes would be nice, but I accept that it's just a beta at the moment.

Just noticed this post mate sorry.
I'm a big fan of haptic tbh. My thumbs feel blind or numb without it (or something lol)

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