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FUTO Keyboard - Offline, privacy respecting, and speech to text (keyboard.futo.org)

submitted 4 months ago by ray@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Switched to this a couple weeks ago. I'm used to swipe typing on gboard. Unfortunately the swipe typing on FUTO is nowhere near useable for me yet. The accuracy is horrendous, and much of the time it just gives up on inputting any word at all.

Unfortunately swiping on Gboard has been my main method of typing for more than a decade. I'm so accustomed to it that I can type full sentences without even looking at my phone.

So in an effort to improve my privacy (by discontinuing my use of a piece of keylogging spyware as a keyboard) I've sacrificed the speed of swipe typing. Everything takes much longer to type now. Worth it? I guess I'll keep trying for a month or so and decide then.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Have you tried Heliboard? It's open and has swyping (you have to download a binary blob).

[–] funkycarrot@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 months ago

Yeah I tried swipe typing on FUTO keyboard too and was very disappointed, went back to the absolutely stellar Heliboard. It's definitely as good as Apple's swipe typing, especially after a few weeks of use.

To be fair the FUTO keyboard is still in Alpha and they plan to improve this specifically. I'll keep an eye on it as it matures.

[–] xenspidey@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

I use heliboard with futo for voice to text. Works pretty well. Best voice to text one used. Picks up on proper punctuation without having to say it.

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Where do you get the blob?

[–] gopher510@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard/tree/master/app/src/main/jniLibs

You probably want the v8a one

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks!

[–] GustavoFring@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just FYI you can use a firewall app on device to block Gboard internet access.

[–] zelnix@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It can communicate via play services if you have that

[–] GustavoFring@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Any more information on this?

[–] zelnix@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Agreed. From what I can tell the swiping is inaccurate as you have to touch each letter perfectly for it to register where as on gboard being near to or adjacent to a letter is sufficient for it to guess the correct word