Basically, I wanted to know if it was possible to switch between swype and multitouch simply by rotating my DX. So, I would have swype for portrait, then rotate to multitouch in landscape. Many thanks.
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gingerbreadassassin said:
Basically, I wanted to know if it was possible to switch between swype and multitouch simply by rotating my DX. So, I would have swype for portrait, then rotate to multitouch in landscape. Many thanks.
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it basically is multitouch with the addition of swype, you dont have to use the swype method...
Im lost...
Doesn't quite match up to the default multitouch... I get far more typos with the landscape swype than multitouch. Also, swype is faster and more accurate in portrait, but different occasions call for different methods.
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You might wanna look at Tasker. I've never used it, but it seems like it would be able to do such a thing.
I have your solution!
Go to the app store and get SlideIT keyboard. It is swype capable, and has a decent lanscape keyboard AND you can turn swipe on or of on the fly. I will admit that the landscape keyboard is not as smooth as the multitouch but it is way better than swipe. This is what I use daily.
The Tasker devs were emailed and said they currently cannot do this.
I would love this feature also.. combining Swype with Swiftkey
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I got better keyboard so I could portrait short keyboard with T9 basically like a old Nokia..
But its rubbish, when you come to a word like apple or anything with two of the same letters from each of the keys you have to slow down and wait for a while then press the key again otherwise it just doesnt know what you are on about..
Is there any T9 short keyboards that work like normal ones for the streak?
(dont say swype I already have it and love it in landscape but I need something I can tap in fast texts in portrait)
Smart keyboard pro..Best keyboard ever
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Smart keyboard pro..Best keyboard ever
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I agree
Give Swiftkey beta a try. Works a treat on the Streak!
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I installed the htc keyboard and now as a result my hardware keyboard no longer predicts text. I uninstalled the htc keyboard since it was a bit laggy. So far droid x keyboard seems to work the best, at least for me anyways. Because of my experiment I no longer have predictive text / auto correction (I went into settings and checked them) I suppose the only way around this is clearing something or uninstalling and reinstalling the hardware keyboard software? I wish the htc keyboard could've took over the predictive text (option in the keyboard said it would) but it doesnt.
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My hw keyboard has never predicted text or spell corrected.
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My hw keyboard has never predicted text or spell corrected.
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Mine either.
install swiftkey from the market it is a lot like the stock one in many ways but it will give you word prediction on the HW keyboard. it has a cool feature to scan your sms and "learn" your most used words
The very first mod i did was install the droid x keyboard i uninstalled the htc keyboard and droid x keyboard and then reinstalled the droid x keyboard and functionality was restored! Definitely gonna check that app out though, thanks for the tip.
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install swiftkey from the market it is a lot like the stock one in many ways but it will give you word prediction on the HW keyboard. it has a cool feature to scan your sms and "learn" your most used words
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Smart Keyboard pro adds this feature as well.
Thanks for the swiftkey app info I wasn't aware of it works pretty good I love it.
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Does anyone know a way to have predictive text for the physical keyboard without having to use another keyboard such as smart keyboard or swiftkey? I really like the gingerbread keyboard and I want to know if I can have that and predictive text for my physical keyboard.
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Does anyone know a way to have predictive text for the physical keyboard without having to use another keyboard such as smart keyboard or swiftkey? I really like the gingerbread keyboard and I want to know if I can have that and predictive text for my physical keyboard.
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I was recently wondering this too because i like the latest swype, but also want predictive for HW keys... i only just started digging around but i'm sure there's a way to make this happen...
Menu>settings>language & keyboard>built in keyboard (or device keyboard depending on your rom) will auto replace misspelled words, but no predictive text without Touchpal or the like. I personally like Thumb Keyboard. Best theming, IMO.
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Im currently using adaptxt beta on the market . Been using it for a few day and its pretty good . a few add-onsFor it as well.
Works great with the hardware keyboard .
Here's a link info
http://adaptxt.com/adaptxtlive/android/features
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Hey all,
I wanted to see how you all(the community) like typing on the tab, and if you prefer landscape or portrait.
I personally like to type on the tab in portrait using just my thumbs, holding the tab with my other.fingers. One of my issues is how small the.space bar is, a lot of.the.time I hit the period key as shown before haha.
I want to get.some suggestions on typing in landscape, as I don't know how to do it. Do you lay.it down on a table and try to use all your.fingers (like a normal keyboard)? Or do you just.use your thumbs or index fingers.
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I like typing with my thumbs in portrait mode. I use my own Thumb Keyboard for this, because it has wider keys so hitting adjacent keys is not a problem anymore and (maybe I like that more) it gives a really balanced feel in the hands. With a regular keyboard I have some problems holding the tab in portrait mode while typing. Thumb Keyboard allows me to hold the tab in a more natural way when I thumb type on it (again in portrait mode).
Also, I find me using my own keyboard also much more in landscape mode. Maybe because I found a way to reposition the keys much better for landscape thumb typing.
(Sorry to advertise my app this way. This is not my intention. The subject is just interesting me. Anyway, a light version can be found in the app section. It has the portrait thumb type mode, but with larger keys (it was written for phones initially). I adapted it for tablets in the full version)
I use Smart Keyboard Pro, in landscape mode (large hands, I can still reach all the keys ) I gave up on Swype in the end. In portrait mode I have it set to T9.
Smart Keyboard Pro has settings for a super-wide spacebar too.
Love typing in portrait using SwiftKey. After using so many different keyboards something about SwiftKey feels smooth and natural.
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Smart keyboard. Portrait mode. With two thumbs seems best for me.
I'm now using samsung's keyboard dock for tab. Expensive but works nice and looks great
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I use swype keyboard in portrait
I wish I knew how to quote using this pda app, I'm gonna try out that thumb keyboard.
Thanks for the inputs
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I am running CM 6.1.1 on a Desire Z. The default soft keyboard hides automatically as soon as the hardware keyboard is opened. However, this does not occur with 3rd party keyboards (e.g. SlideIT). Is there a way to force automatic closure for any soft keyboard? I gave Tasker a try, but it doesn't seem to have a "close soft keyboard" action.
Thanks!
Haven't tried it with slideit but both smart keyboard pro and swype both do it. Have you tried other keyboards or is it just that keyboard?
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I am running CM 6.1.1 on a Desire Z. The default soft keyboard hides automatically as soon as the hardware keyboard is opened. However, this does not occur with 3rd party keyboards (e.g. SlideIT). Is there a way to force automatic closure for any soft keyboard? I gave Tasker a try, but it doesn't seem to have a "close soft keyboard" action.
Thanks!
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I'm using an application called keyboard manager. It allows you to select different keyboards depending on the orientation of your phone. So I use Swype in portrait then when I open the keyboard it switches to swiftkey. This works really well cos the predictive text in swift key works brilliantly with the hard keyboard.
Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830177
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Legendary, you're right. I just tried AnySoftKeyboard and it auto hides. Looks like this is an oversight on the part of the SlideIT devs.
Cjward, thanks for the link! Keyboard Manager works perfectly for this purpose. I made the stock keyboard the default for landscape since I don't use the "swyping" function of SlideIT in landscape anyway. I'll be sure to thank the developer as well.
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Hate to say it but I love the blur keyboard. I tried gingerbread keyboard for a while and at first hated it but after a few days got used to it. As soon as I went back to blur I fell in love within an hour.
My question is, how do I permanently make the smiley button next to the space bar, into the enter key. Sometimes it is enter and sometimes it is a smiley.
Does anyone else like the blur keyboard as much as I do? I also like the toned down intensity of the haptic feedback on the blur board as well.
My true favorite is the swype keyboard but it doesn't auto correct
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Hate to say it but I love the blur keyboard. I tried gingerbread keyboard for a while and at first hated it but after a few days got used to it. As soon as I went back to blur I fell in love within an hour.
My question is, how do I permanently make the smiley button next to the space bar, into the enter key. Sometimes it is enter and sometimes it is a smiley.
Does anyone else like the blur keyboard as much as I do? I also like the toned down intensity of the haptic feedback on the blur board as well.
My true favorite is the swype keyboard but it doesn't auto correct
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I don't know the answer to your question, but I love that keyboard too. it's the best I have ever typed on. I can type very fast with minimal mistake.
I love the keyboard.
Swype > *
The Motorola Multitouch Keyboard isn't bad, better than Sense. Don't have experience with Gingerbread Keyboard on Atrix, though it was nice on my brothers Nexus One.
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Hate to say it but I love the blur keyboard. I tried gingerbread keyboard for a while and at first hated it but after a few days got used to it. As soon as I went back to blur I fell in love within an hour.
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Really? I like the overall presentation (big keys, etc.) but I find that the blur multitouch keyboard doesn't really feel like multitouch to me. If I type really fast where sometimes my presses overlap, it often misses some of the letters I typed, even though they flashed above the keys onscreen. They just didn't actually appear in the textbox I'm typing in.
For example, type the word "what" as fast as you absolutely can, with very light taps (in portrait mode). I find that more often than not, I get the word "hat" or other misspellings. I didn't miss the key; the popup shows that it was typed, but it just didn't appear.
I hate to say it, but I learned my virtual keyboard typing on the iPhone and iPod Touch and those devices never lost some of my presses, despite fast, overlapping presses.
I tested many, many keyboards from the market, and you know what? The Gingerbread keyboard and Better Keyboard 8 are really the only ones that could handle really fast light typing. I also like Swype though, and use the beta version. It's quite good when you just want to do some one hand typing.
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Really? I like the overall presentation (big keys, etc.) but I find that the blur multitouch keyboard doesn't really feel like multitouch to me. If I type really fast where sometimes my presses overlap, it often misses some of the letters I typed, even though they flashed above the keys onscreen. They just didn't actually appear in the textbox I'm typing in.
For example, type the word "what" as fast as you absolutely can, with very light taps (in portrait mode). I find that more often than not, I get the word "hat" or other misspellings. I didn't miss the key; the popup shows that it was typed, but it just didn't appear.
I hate to say it, but I learned my virtual keyboard typing on the iPhone and iPod Touch and those devices never lost some of my presses, despite fast, overlapping presses.
I tested many, many keyboards from the market, and you know what? The Gingerbread keyboard and Better Keyboard 8 are really the only ones that could handle really fast light typing. I also like Swype though, and use the beta version. It's quite good when you just want to do some one hand typing.
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You're right about the blur keyboard missing inputs I never typed fast enough to notice it. I'm trying better keyboard 8 right now and like it but its glitched and keeps asking me to activate it, so I can't enter the options menu for the board.
Where can I get the swype beta? I have swype now, how do I know that I don't already have the swype beta? Also does the swype beta have auto correct? Not suggest but correct.
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So I got beta swype and while it functions better I don't nearly like the skin as much. Also it doesn't auto correct only auto suggests properly spelled words.
Also I do like better keyboard 8 but am unable to fully test it as I can not properly "enable" it to enter the settings menu.
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Try smart keyboard plus. Hands down the most customizabld keybaord ever and by far the most responsive. I love the fact that I am able to resize the keyboard all I want and I'm also able to disable full screen landscape mode which is the biggest failure of all keyboards on android
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seven2099 said:
Try smart keyboard plus. Hands down the most customizabld keybaord ever and by far the most responsive. I love the fact that I am able to resize the keyboard all I want and I'm also able to disable full screen landscape mode which is the biggest failure of all keyboards on android
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Wow. This thing is great! True multi touch; it never misses a single word no matter how fast I type. Also I am able to even customize the length of the vibration for haptic which I love because the blur board had a very short, very light feedback and I am able to recreate that with this new board. And the skinning is just icing on the cake. Thank you!!!
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seven2099 said:
Try smart keyboard plus. Hands down the most customizabld keybaord ever and by far the most responsive. I love the fact that I am able to resize the keyboard all I want and I'm also able to disable full screen landscape mode which is the biggest failure of all keyboards on android
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Nice! Don't know how I missed this one. Better Keyboard has pretty much all the features mentioned EXCEPT it doesn't auto correct anywhere near as well as this one does. I guess I'll have to add this to my collection...
By the way, what skin are you guys using? I just found "Rapid" for Better Keyboard which looks really nice. Similar to the stock Blur keyboard, but better! It works just as well with Smart Keyboard too.
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Nice! Don't know how I missed this one. Better Keyboard has pretty much all the features mentioned EXCEPT it doesn't auto correct anywhere near as well as this one does. I guess I'll have to add this to my collection...
By the way, what skin are you guys using? I just found "Rapid" for Better Keyboard which looks really nice. Similar to the stock Blur keyboard, but better! It works just as well with Smart Keyboard too.
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I'm using the stock HTC one that comes with the app
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