I’m looking for a privacy-respecting open-source android keyboard, and so far I’ve found:

Does anyone have any experience with these (or other alternative keyboards)? Which one would you recommend?

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    1 year ago

    I use thumb-key, made by dessalines. I downloaded it from fdroid

    If you check out screenshots, you’ll see that its a very non traditional type of keyboard that requires time and effort to get the hang of.

    Once you do, you will be able to type roughly as fast as you would with predictive swipe

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      1 year ago

      That is really out there!

      Probably not going to use it (since I’m already too used to normal keyboards), but props to the devs for developing something different.

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        1 year ago

        Understandable. I had to take some time to learn it, and I sometimes do stop for a bit when I dont exactly know how to spell something lol

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          1 year ago

          I just noticed, that keyboard was created by one of the Lemmy Devs.

          Quite fitting to see it posted here

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      1 year ago

      I’m using MessagEase, which looks incredibly similar.

      ETA: oh, its a remake. I might need to install and move my layout over.

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      1 year ago

      Any tips on how to actually learn this keyboard? Do I just force myself to use it as much as possible until the movements start to become muscle memory? How long might that take?