I’ve looked at a few on fdroid and they all seem like they aren’t being maintained anymore.

Edit: I’ve spent the past day trying most all of the suggested keyboards here and I think I’ve landed on either Unexpected Keyboard or AnySoftKeyboard. Thanks for all the suggestions. Thumbkey is quite the thing to get used to.

    • Arondeus@lemmy.ca
      1·
      7 months ago

      Hey, thumb-key is really cool! I’ve been using it for a bit and it has solved my issue of constantly fat-fingering wrong letters into what I’m trying to type on other keyboards. I just want to say thanks for developing it and keep up the good work!

      • Psyklax@lemmy.ml
        0·
        7 months ago

        I think if you read the github description, you’ll find that conflicts with the philosophy. Would be a nice option, though

        • smock9@lemm.ee
          1·
          7 months ago

          Yeah that’s what I suspected but I thought I’d bring it up just in case it was a planned feature or I was just missing some configuration option.

    • rando@lemmy.ml
      1·
      7 months ago

      +1 for floris, it’s the only keyboard with glide typing and themes are super good.

      • Iapar@feddit.de
        0·
        7 months ago

        I use it too but i haven’t figured out how to enable autocorrection.

        Which is interesting in a sense because since then i know that i don’t know how to spell most words.

        I am inclined to keep it off just so that i have to think a bit more about what i write.

        • thegreekgeek@midwest.socialEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          As of the latest version (v0.4.0-alpha04) autocorrect isn’t implimented yet. Here’s what I get when I open the settings:

          Waiting on that myself.

    • xarexyouxmadx@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 months ago

      Are you having trouble with it being less accurate than gboard? I’m using it and that’s what I’m experiencing.

  • Jin@lemmy.world
    2·
    7 months ago

    I tried most of them, it’s just not the same as Gboard.

    Anyone know if you can block Gboard with DNS?

    • xarexyouxmadx@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 months ago

      Idk but you could always just install gboard & not give network permissions. You’ll lose a little functionality like the ability to add gifs from the keyboard which obviously need internet to search/load.

  • xarexyouxmadx@lemmy.world
    1·
    7 months ago

    I’m using open board with swipe entry (so it functions like gboard). My only complaint is I’ve noticed I have to be extremely accurate in my swiping or it won’t type out the intended word).

    In this message alone: my first attempts at the word “type” came out as toe. “Out” came out as TT & “along” came out as “alone”

    So it’s definitely not perfect. I might stick with it. I might just go back to gboard and not grant it network permission. It’s only been about a week so a little too early to tell…

  • rush@lemm.ee
    1·
    6 months ago

    Florisboard and OpenBoard are good. Sadly the primary version of OpenBoard seems unmaintained, but there is this fork by Helium314 with extra features and bug fixes that’s still maintained.

  • kpw@kbin.social
    1·
    7 months ago

    Not every project needs regular maintenance. I can imagine a keyboard to be a finished product, no updates necessary.

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
    1·
    7 months ago

    Florisboard if you want high customizability, clipboard actions and internal (!) history, great privacy option.

    Openboard if you want swipe typing and autocomplete.

    Thumbkey if you want a keyboard that is made for use with two thumbs.

  • Nik282000@lemmy.ca
    1·
    7 months ago

    So this is definitely not for everyone but Thumb-Key is privacy friendly and designed to be used with just one thumb. I have used Thumb-Key (and it’s predecessor Message Ease) for about 4 years now and they are way easier for me than qwerty, there are fewer buttons so typos are less frequent and you can access all letter/numbers/punctuation while holding your phone one handed.

    https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

  • Bizarroland@kbin.social
    0·
    7 months ago

    Are there any good privacy focused voice to text keyboards? Or do I need to run whisper on a private server to do that?