Comment on What are some helpful resources to learn to touch type on smartphones?
iiGxC@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
github.com/dessalines/thumb-key this can be pretty quick once you get used to it
OK, what if I just care for privacy and I’m happy with the QWERTY layout?
I’d love to ditch Gboard, but it has my language in it, plus word underline when misspelling words. I don’t use predictive text or anything like that, just underline.
Alternatives?
Florisboard, openboard, anysoftkeyboard
Which of them offer spelling check underline?
Idk if that’s a feature keyboards have or if it’s more on the os side
I’ve not tried Florisboard yet, but OpenBoard doesn’t have it (neither in the main build nor forks from what I can tell) and nor is it available in AnySoftKeyboard’s default install, but it’s highly customizable so it may be an option there.
That said, isn’t spellcheck underlining more frequently in the apps you’re typing into rather than the virtual keyboard? Tbh I hadn’t ever noticed it in Gboard before, but I haven’t used it in a little while (though in looking into its settings I see it now, I guess I thought it’d been the other apps instead the whole time).
You can enable spell check underline even for keyboards that don’t have it, by changing which app it uses for spell checker specifically. In my case it’s under Android settings >> System >> Languages & input >> Spell checker (under the Tools category), It might be different on your phone, in that case I guess you can just search for “Spell checker” and then u can use Gboard for spell checking for example.
Florisboard is nice.
rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Looks nice. Anyone good advice which layout to choose to type 60% German and 40% english? There are several german ones available.