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Gboard is getting visibly worse almost on a daily basis, especially autocorrecting perfectly legitimate words, presumably based on dubious analysis of other people's writing. So what's worth trying? The ability to swipe type is a big plus

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[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago (21 children)

I've been putting up with Futo keyboard for privacy reasons even though it's not better than Swiftkey which has had the best predictions by far and had served well for many years

[–] sasquash@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

I am looking for a privacy friendly SwiftKey alternative, so I will give it a try. Seems like there is sadly not much alternative.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (15 children)

If you go with FUTO keyboard, do these as soon as you download it:

  1. Turn on the machine learning feature for swipe typing (entirely local - nothing about the keyboard phones home)
  2. Allow curse words
  3. Make autocorrect your bitch, and I mean really force it

If you do these things, it will - eventually - figure out your typing habits. But it's worth it. I've been using it for a month or so and, outside of some odd quirks, it's working pretty well. Even has a clipboard manager and a "paste" button (for fat-fingerers like me), among other neat tools.

Oh, and don't forget to drop it into Obtainium so it can be updated, as it's not offered through any app store.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you remember where to allow curse words? I've looked through the settings and tried web searches for curse and swear words but can't seem to find it.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Settings -> Text prediction -> Blacklisted Suggestions -> Block offensive words (turn it off)

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