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Does anyone know of a FOSS version of this (android keyboard with hexagonal keys?) (mashable.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/12627612

Contacted typewise, asked if I could purchase apk from them (the pro version or whatever) since I don't use GPlay store and they said no.

EDIT: I deny network permission to Typewise just to be on the safe side, but I'd like to be able to use some of the Pro features, and I'm willing to pay for them. But, no.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I've tried FOSS keyboards, but always return to Gboard, my particular needs are: Swype and bilingual suggestions (English and Spanish). There are alternatives for Swype style, but none works good with bilingual language.

As an alternative I use, Unexpected keyboard, very good and small, is like a better and updated hacker's keyboard (abandoned). Give this a try. Very useful specially with Termux or similar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use Microsoft SwiftKey for the same reasons, find it hard to switch or get used to anything else.

Having used SwiftKey since before Microsoft acquired them, I'm a little annoyed at all the shit they've tacked onto the keyboard (like no, I don't need Bing and ChatGPT in my keyboard, thank you very much). But nothing else let's me mix languages in the same way as SwiftKey.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried HeliBoard with FUTO Voice Input? It has multi language support & multi lingual switching. Found it very accurate when dictating messages but understandably not so great with uncommon names or places. But you can input words (like a personal dictionary) & I've found it will then use the learned words. Here's a demonstration

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the suggestion, but I really, really dislike voice to text input.

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