Any good keyboard recommations? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Every year or so I try one or more privacy focused keyboards. I always end up right back on SwiftKey after a couple of weeks because most of the keyboards I try have the same problem: the predictions suck.

Ok, I get that surveillance is good for predictions. Put another way, predictions are tough without collecting everything everyone types. Is there a best-of-both-worlds keyboard out there? I'd be patient enough to give it some time to learn how I type and get better.

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[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

I have OpenBoard too and the predictions suck for me. What do you do that makes it not suck for you?

[-] naitro@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use openboard and it does exactly what I want it to do: it displays characters I can type out myself. I don't use swipe typing, predictions or autocorrect as those never work well enough, usually exclusively giving shit suggestions or corrections. I also use three languages daily, so I'd have to constantly switch the keyboard language, if I had autocorrect/predictions/swipe turned on.

I do understand that my use case is not the norm, but I still wanted to give my two cents.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ah, okay, yeah if you don't use it I don't see it acting up on you. Lol.

What do you do that requires 3 languages? I'm genuinely curious.

[-] naitro@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I am bilingual (non-english languages) and use those languages with friends and family. I also use English daily on social media etc.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Wow, that's amazing!

[-] 7eter@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Use it for a while.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

I've been using it for like a couple years now. Lol.

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