google gboard was able to autocorrect both o my languages without me needing to switch the language. wondering if there’s a keyboard that’s open source and can do the same. on open board rn

    • @[email protected]
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      910 months ago

      HeliBoard is amazing, I recommend it! For those wondering how to enable simultaneous multi-lingual support (i.e. swipe or text in both languages and get predictions in both languages), I explained it in this comment chain, and included a screenshot for reference:

      https://lemm.ee/comment/9410038

      I tried both, AnySoftKeyboard was a bit too much effort and took me longer to type on unfortunately. HeliBoard was a nice replacement for SwiftKey for me though.

      • strawberryOP
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        310 months ago

        yup, this is the solution, as someone else pointed out too

        działa dobrze :) (works well)

      • @SendMePhotos
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        210 months ago

        SwiftKey user here. Been around for 10+ years. Why did you switch to HeliBoard?

        • @[email protected]
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          310 months ago

          Same here actually, ~10 years too lol, since my first Android. SwiftKey worked very well (for me at least) but its owned by Microsoft, which gathers user data. I’ve been making a switch to FOSS apps and trying to degoogle myself in the recent months.

          It was hard for me to leave SwiftKey due to other options being unsatisfactory / other keyboards always missing something, but HeliBoard did the trick for me :)

          • @SendMePhotos
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            310 months ago

            Awesome. We should be friends, we have so much in common. I’ll check it out. Thanks!

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        Whilst Heliboard is technically capable of doing the job, the dictionaries are pretty lacking. If anybody has any recommendations regarding those? Swiftkey is pretty bad at recommendations and autocorrect, especially multi language, Heliboard is much worse.

        • strawberryOP
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          110 months ago

          yes better dictionaries would be good

          lmk if u find some pls

    • strawberryOP
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      310 months ago

      helium is actually what I’m on rn :) I remember not liking any soft, but I’ll gibe it another shot

  • @[email protected]
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    Many if you combine the language files. AOSP for example, CalyxOS did some additions.

    Heliboard is the best, Florisboard may get it.

  • merde alors
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    210 months ago

    i couldn’t find one

    i won’t go back to google though :/

    i use AnySoftKeyboard with one button language switch

      • merde alors
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        110 months ago

        thanks

        what a mess 😁

        but how does AnySoftKeyboard know to which dictionary it should add typed new words?

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      Hi, you’ve given me the impetus to try out ASK instead of SwifyKey, I’m now using ASK :) The one touch language shift is what I want, the mixing of several languages in suggestions is a terrible design I feel.