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Which Keyboard do you use?

  • Stock Android Keyboard

    Votes: 26 37.7%
  • Swype

    Votes: 5 7.2%
  • Swiftkey

    Votes: 26 37.7%
  • Touchpal

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • OEM Keyboard

    Votes: 4 5.8%
  • Other (please post)

    Votes: 7 10.1%

  • Total voters
    69
Swype so hard it's not even funny.

Let me explain something that Swype does that other keyboards suck at: making it easy as pie to decide whether or not I add words to the dictionary. See, I like intentionally misspelling things or stretching words out for emphasis ("it's a looooooong drive, duder"), and Swype makes it so when I want to do that I can tap the words out and it won't autocorrect them nor add them to the dictionary unless I specifically tell it to.

What this means is when I want to spell things in a consistent and normal way, I can trace along and have a great time. Then, when I want to use some kinda slang or garbled mess, I can tap that in without ever having to worry about it showing up next time I'm tracing. It's got a level of CONTROL that doesn't exist on other keyboards.
 
Swype so hard it's not even funny.

Let me explain something that Swype does that other keyboards suck at: making it easy as pie to decide whether or not I add words to the dictionary. See, I like intentionally misspelling things or stretching words out for emphasis ("it's a looooooong drive, duder"), and Swype makes it so when I want to do that I can tap the words out and it won't autocorrect them nor add them to the dictionary unless I specifically tell it to.

What this means is when I want to spell things in a consistent and normal way, I can trace along and have a great time. Then, when I want to use some kinda slang or garbled mess, I can tap that in without ever having to worry about it showing up next time I'm tracing. It's got a level of CONTROL that doesn't exist on other keyboards.

Kii also allows you to selectively choose whether or not to correct a word. If you choose not to correct a word, it also asks you if you want to save that word to the dictionary.
 
Kii also allows you to selectively choose whether or not to correct a word. If you choose not to correct a word, it also asks you if you want to save that word to the dictionary.

Hmmm. This one ain't bad. Might stick with it for a while. Thanks for the heads up!
 
Swiftkey is the best.......

Indeed, I find how it handles different languages incredible :) no need to select just swipe and it will know.

I don't think there is other keyboard that can do that? I know the Samsung keyboard and the Google keyboard can't.
 
I use SwiftKey except on Samsung super phones like my S5 because it has built in Clipboard.

I will use SwiftKey & app called Clipper on when I get my Sony XPERIA Z2. :)
 
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