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Hieveryone

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I’m still getting used to swipe but I like it so far.

but my question is, is it really faster than normal typing?

seems like normal typing is about as fast maybe? Or sometimes even faster.
Maybe I just need to get used to swipe.
 
I'm faster with regular typing. But you don't need an iphone 11 to do this. You don't even need IOS13 as 3rd party keyboards do this as well.
The problem I have with the stock IOS keyboard is they don't include the spacebar in the swipe flow like other keyboards do. You have to swipe a word and then take your finger off the keyboard and then back on to swipe another word. Not nearly as efficient.
I really wish they'd let us resize the keys. I constantly hit "n" instead of the spacebar. My thumb just doesn't like to move that far down.
 
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I’m still getting used to swipe but I like it so far.

but my question is, is it really faster than normal typing?

seems like normal typing is about as fast maybe? Or sometimes even faster.
Maybe I just need to get used to swipe.
Typing two handed is probably faster but for one-handed use swipe is definitely more efficient.
 
Typing two handed is probably faster but for one-handed use swipe is definitely more efficient.

MAKES SENSE!

eventually I want to get so good at swipe it’s faster than 2 hands
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It’s pretty accurate to.
 
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My wife is amazing at swipe, me on the other hand I seriously can't get the hang of it. It's not for me I guess
 
My wife is amazing at swipe, me on the other hand I seriously can't get the hang of it. It's not for me I guess

yeah it kind of gives me anxiety haha I get nervous because I’m looking at the keyboard and swiping and I’m thinking how in the world is this going to come out accurate when I look up to read it haha
 
yeah it kind of gives me anxiety haha I get nervous because I’m looking at the keyboard and swiping and I’m thinking how in the world is this going to come out accurate when I look up to read it haha
I had high hopes thinking swipe would help me with my sausage fingers hitting the wrong keys, NOPE, I'm even worse at swipe. LOL
 
Hope to see this new feature for more languages in an iOS update sooner than later. I’m really sad it’s not available for danish 😩
 
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