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SwiftKey replacement Android Keyboard
Friday, December 17, 2010 11:54:14 AM
I have had a couple of gripes with the default Android keyboard. As I use the keyboard lots - for writing SMS messages, Mails, entering URLs and filling out web forms - it is important that it is effective to use.
My pet grumbles have been:
- Prediction seems to just take random words from the dictionary, without looking at sentence structure
- Can only predict in one language at a time, annoying for those of us who use several languages
- When forgetting to switch language, you end up adding new words from the second language to the user dictionary
I was very pleased when a friend of mine pointed out that you can download a whole new keyboard from the Market. This one seems to address all my needs: SwiftKey
- Prediction based on AI and your SMS archive - words you actually use often
- Can predict in two languages at a time
- Easy to switch keyboard layout
- More efficient keyboard layout, especially when pressing the '123' key to get up keypad and punctuation side by side
Give it a try!
