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What keyboard do you use?

alpha2k

Android Expert
Nov 19, 2009
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I currently use Google keyboard. I've also used the Samsung and Swype, and one other I can't remember the name of right now.

I really need a bigger key'd keyboard that has swyping ability but not sure what one to get, so I figured I would pay here to see what everyone is using and possibly suggest a fat finger, bigger keys, with Swype ability keyboard.
 
The only people I know who have disparaged Swiftkey had never used it. Once they saw it and used it for a week, they never looked back. In fact, for those of us that may wipe and recover our phones more than once a year, it's usually one of the first apps we reinstall. If not, after the third time you have had to use the native keyboard, you stop whatever you're doing and install Swiftkey.

Remember, with Swiftkey you have a lot more control over how silly things work, like autocomplete and the space bar functions. i've found its prediction to be really good AND I like the fact that I can go between typing, voice and swyping without having to change a setting somewhere (usually in the same message).

Swiftkey has also been better because I live in a somewhat strange household: Just about everyone in the family is at least bilingual (but not the same two languages. However, English is universal). I have changed languages three times in a message and it has kept up!
 
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Odd I <~~~ just tried it and is working for me. I would also try disabling auto capitalization and re-enable.

I have never had that issue so I can't help you. Try unselected and re-election the auto capitalization feature.

Yeah I'm not sure what's wrong. I unchecked and rechecked the auto caps but still having the same issue. Dunno, maybe it's the stock samsung messaging app causing conflicts, dunno
 
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