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HI All,
Looking for a keyboard suggestion. The current keyboard is ok since the update that added the option to hold the key to bring up punctuations but one thing I miss from my other phone are the cursor arrow keys. Any suggestions for a keyboard that has that?
Thanks,
Ho'okani
Stock jellybean
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My favorite is Thumb Keyboard. You change the key sizes and colors, and it has the arrow cursors you're looking for. And great auto-correct.
Www.Swype.com
New update is badass
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SwiftKey 3 best on the market
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+1 for swift key
lbroller said:
SwiftKey 3 best on the market
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Swype was the main reason I bought this phone, so I must recommend Swype beta to you, it's bloody amazing. Since my i9100 SGS2 had problems I sold it as is since my friend got me an iPhone 4s for my birthday trying to convert me. It was just a matter of non working phone vs working phone for free kind of gig. But man was typing slow on the 4s. Within 2 weeks of first ever using swype (on my S2) i was typing faster than after 8 months of using a 4s.
BUT I also have Swyftkey 3 and for normal 2 finger typing it's REDICULOUSLY good lol. I can type like a retard and it will still get every word right. I once meant to type "rediculous" but rtdoxpohd came out (I was drunk) and it picked up the right word. You should of seen my drunken face when it happened "0.o wtf really...?"
I highly recommend Dingul keyboard. Its Korean but it can switch to English keyboard using the [한/영] button at the bottom. You can swipe individual keys for punctuation instead of holding it. You can also swipe up on a key for capital letter. Swipe down over the top row of keys for numbers. Its pretty intuitive. Swipe over the [한/영] key to access the arrow keys for cursor along with some faces. Then press the same key again to switch back to the regular keyboard.
Basically you press individual keys like a regular keyboard, but you swipe over various keys to access the less common things that are shown on the key (other keyboards often make u hold the key down instead). Just play around with it. That's what I did, and I'm glad I took the time to figure the basic stuff out.
Honestly, I go back and forth between Swype and Swiftkey all the time so +1 for both!
i use perfect keybord pro..
Thanks for all the suggestions. Trying out Swiftkey now and it seems to be pretty good.
Ho'okani
SwiftKey 3 products hands down... I've tried all of them
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For me, Swype is the best.
One-finger domination! And faster, too.
To me, swift key doesn't even compare to Swype. It's light years behind.
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Swiftkey if you use different languages otherwise swipe.
Swiftkey is great, but when I change the dpi I usually end up going with Thumb Keyboard because of the size customization options.
Swiftkey. Destroys anything else on the smartphone market.
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I like basic so I just use Hackers Keyboard. Its a basic keyboard that can have all of the keys as a regular desktop keyboard which can come in handy if you remote into your home PC's or use SSH or such. You can also change the size of the keyboard if you have big fingers
I use A I Type keyboard it has the option of arrows in the top number bar,and I like the key layout best.
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The handwriting recognition engine on the Note 2 is fantastic, however the only thing stopping me from using it all the time is the lack of option for auto-spacing between words. When writing two words on the same "screen" leaving a wide enough gap between words will add a space, but the next word will be juxtaposed to the previous one (unless you draw a horizontal line beforehand)
Is there any solution to this? You'd think auto-spacing would be one of the first things that was implemented in such a feature.
Anyone?
Hitting the spacebar is a lot faster than drawing a line and waiting for the space to appear. I guess there is no way to auto insert a space though.
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I have same issue while writing using spen and whenever i draw a horizontal line it is converted into an "underscore _ " which is very very irritating. never able to get a space using horizontal line
Yeah, writing with the S Pen saves time bt this problems slows down my text speed
Anybody knows a solution yet?
This problem is slowing me down.
Found a fix
Try this:
From the keyboard...
1. press and hold the microphone button then select the gear
2. Select "Handwriting"
3. Select "Recognition type"
4. Change it to "Complete recognition"
This does a MUCH better job of seeing words, and putting spaces beten them.
TIP 1: because what you write stays in the writting area, until you tap the "enter" key button, you have to be more aware of where you start writting.
TIP 2: I also made sure "English" was the default "input language" (same menu area) and selected "Update" to make sure the device had an updated word list.
Wow, excellent! Thanks.
Typing this using complete recognition
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Try this:
From the keyboard...
1. press and hold the microphone button then select the gear
2. Select "Handwriting"
3. Select "Recognition type"
4. Change it to "Complete recognition"
This does a MUCH better job of seeing words, and putting spaces between them.
TIP 1: because what you write stays in the writing area, until you tap the "enter" key button, you have to be more aware of where you start writing.
TIP 2: I also made sure "English" was the default "input language" (same menu area) and selected "Update" to make sure the device had an updated word list.
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I'm already using "Complete recognition." But there is no automatic spacing.
If I write say "The quick brown fox" as a complete sentence, the spaces come out correctly between the words except that there is no space after the last word, "fox" which is really quite dumb.
The only way to get a space is to press the spacebar icon. This lack of automatic spacing really slows me down.
Even drawing a horizontal dash, no matter how long a horizontal dash after the word "fox" simply creates a dash as in "The quick brown fox-".
Update:
I found a better solution.
Don't use the Text Recognition mode native to the S-Note App.
Instead, use the Text Mode, ie the Icon with the Underscored T, just on the left of the eraser.
Then use the Handwrting mode in the included Samsung Galaxy Note 2 keyboard. It is much smarter as it keeps the recognized words on the "Writing" area of the keyboard, so you can place a space simply by leaving a space between the words as you write. Left dash to erase works too. Other gestures also work.
You get into the Handwriting mode on the Samsung Keyboard by long pressing the key between Sym and Spacebar.
Have fun and enjoy !
I love the hand writing recognition with the s-pen but can't work out if there is an option for auto spacing after each word.
Anyone know how to do it if possible?
Safe to assume you can't do it?
I believe if you write smaller to where you can write multiple words with clear spaces in between them, it will recognize the spaces. Turning down the recognition time/delay in settings may help too, so it clears the screen for the next word, quicker. I don't have the phone yet so this is just based on the few times that I played around with it. Hope that helps.
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Cheers I'll give recognition display setting a go.
It works when you write small but you still have to chuck a space in when the text box fills up
Try this
I found a better solution.
Don't use the Text Recognition mode native to the S-Note App.
Instead, use the Text Mode, ie the Icon with the Underscored T, just on the left of the eraser.
Then use the Handwrting mode in the included Samsung Galaxy Note 2 keyboard. It is much smarter as it keeps the recognized words on the "Writing" area of the keyboard, so you can place a space simply by leaving a space between the words as you write. Left dash to erase works too. Other gestures also work.
You get into the Handwriting mode on the Samsung Keyboard but long pressing the key between Sym and Spacebar.
Have fun and enjoy !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39956903#post39956903
s-pen and handwriting recognition is quite cool, but how do you set it up to automatically put spaces in between words you write? I'm sure it must be an option but I can't seem to find it, and writing by hand is slower than just typing with thumbs if you have to keep hitting the space bar manually.
theoilman said:
s-pen and handwriting recognition is quite cool, but how do you set it up to automatically put spaces in between words you write? I'm sure it must be an option but I can't seem to find it, and writing by hand is slower than just typing with thumbs if you have to keep hitting the space bar manually.
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I'm a little perplexed at how difficult it is to find tutorials about the s-pen considering how popular reports claim this phone is. Are users simply enjoying a big phone and not exploiting the s-pen????
If im not mistaken this happens by default. Ive noticed if you just put a large enough space between the words or write one word underneath the other it will create a space. Hope this helps.
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_atlien_ said:
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I'm a little perplexed at how difficult it is to find tutorials about the s-pen considering how popular reports claim this phone is. Are users simply enjoying a big phone and not exploiting the s-pen????
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I still have missed out on a lot of neat options. I have developed a few habits, like whipping it out to take a quick note or something, but I still hit the buttons with my fingers instead of using the shortcuts. I am still unsure how the gestures work under the s-pen menu in the settings. Do I have to click the button? Does it only work in certain places? I don't get it, I tried to use the default ones to no avail, nor do custom ones work. I think it's because I use a different launcher actually, I forgot I already thought of that :x. Eh.
Like knarfies said, if you put a decent amount of space in-between the words it will automatically create the space. I also like writing at the top and just come down below the first word and it creates the space for me that way.
Also you can do a backwards L to do enter. You can do a quick swipe to the right to enter a space. You can do - by going back and forth to make it. You can also hold down the spen button and swipe left on the word or letters you want to erase.
I really got the hang of writing with it. One thing that does irk me though. It has problems with words having letters and numbers. I write down a car VIN and I have to do a delay in-between letters and numbers. Otherwise it just becomes a mess and VIN numbers need to be 100% correct when doing customer invoices.
If you are rooted, you can install the MyScript Notes app. It has much better HWR, converting your writing to text after you write a string of words, adding spaces automatically.
The app can be found in the apps section, look for a thread by cajunflavoredbob.
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anyone know how to remove spen without unlocking the phone on lockscreen
Yeah this phone is great even without the S-Pen, and the things I do use the S-Pen for, don't really need a tutorial (more accurate selecting, drawing, taking notes, and hover in browser which is awesome for opening drop down menus)
However, the handwriting recoginition for chinese characters is AWESOME... if only i really knew how to write chinese
How do you use the pen to "write" texts rather than using the keyboard? I am able to "write" over the keyboard and see the writing but all I get is the letters from the keyboard that the pen touched while writing.
MisterEdF said:
How do you use the pen to "write" texts rather than using the keyboard? I am able to "write" over the keyboard and see the writing but all I get is the letters from the keyboard that the pen touched while writing.
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Click and hold the little microphone, then change to the little pen icon
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MisterEdF said:
How do you use the pen to "write" texts rather than using the keyboard? I am able to "write" over the keyboard and see the writing but all I get is the letters from the keyboard that the pen touched while writing.
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If you are using the samsung keyboard, i just press the button on the right of the "Sym" button, the one with "T" and it goes to the text writing using S-pen. Im not sure of any other ways. Maybe there is a way to make it default.
MisterEdF said:
How do you use the pen to "write" texts rather than using the keyboard? I am able to "write" over the keyboard and see the writing but all I get is the letters from the keyboard that the pen touched while writing.
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You can also go into samsung keyboard settings have change it so that it auto detects when the pen has been removed.
I've been enjoying s-pen for small stuff. like others have said, more accurate selections, web browsing tricks, etc
I saw someone mention using the back/menu buttons with s-pen (i have to use my fingers to tap those)...how does one use the home/back/menu buttons with s-pen? I have no idea
Long-press on the microphone key at the bottom of the keyboard, then select the "T" (the one with the little pencil next to it)
To view various helps, tutorials and setting options for the keyboard and handwriting recognition, tap the Gear symbol that pops-up after long-pressing the microphone key (as above). Alternatively, go to Settings/Language and Input then tap the Gear symbol next to "Samsung keyboard".
Explore. Lots of things appear when you explore.
While on the topic...
I wonder if I am the only one to have this happened to me, or if I am simply bone-headed, but all of a sudden the Samsung keyboard stopped working properly. It doesn't let me 'swype' anymore (the option is checked in the settings, but greyed out for some reason) and even though I have it setup so that it would go into handwriting recognition after pulling the pen out, it does not.
I noticed the change after "updating" the English dictionary in the 'input Languages' setting. Not sure wether or not it is related...
However, quite annoying...
OwenW71 said:
If you are rooted, you can install the MyScript Notes app. It has much better HWR, converting your writing to text after you write a string of words, adding spaces automatically.
The app can be found in the apps section, look for a thread by cajunflavoredbob.
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I can't seem to find it; might you have a link? thanks!
PoorCollegeGuy said:
You can also go into samsung keyboard settings have change it so that it auto detects when the pen has been removed.
I've been enjoying s-pen for small stuff. like others have said, more accurate selections, web browsing tricks, etc
I saw someone mention using the back/menu buttons with s-pen (i have to use my fingers to tap those)...how does one use the home/back/menu buttons with s-pen? I have no idea
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Use the built-in gestures with the s-pen to do the back and menu. While pressing on the s-pen button, draw < to go back, or > for menu.
There is no gesture for home, but I ended up getting Taskarou (an launcher overlay), or you could use Button Savior to go back to home.
Here is the link to MySript Notes. Search is your friend!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005018
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Friend told me that you just slide slightly from left to right after you type and it spaces
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degeneration said:
I still have missed out on a lot of neat options. I have developed a few habits, like whipping it out to take a quick note or something, but I still hit the buttons with my fingers instead of using the shortcuts. I am still unsure how the gestures work under the s-pen menu in the settings. Do I have to click the button? Does it only work in certain places? I don't get it, I tried to use the default ones to no avail, nor do custom ones work. I think it's because I use a different launcher actually, I forgot I already thought of that :x. Eh.
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To bring up the gestures menu you press and hold the s pen button off screen while keeping it pressed, swipe up with the pen touching the screen. A little box pops up and then you can draw the gestures there. This can be done regardless of what launcher you use and it doesn't matter what app you are using.
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Cool thanks
Love my note. Typing this on our. But I want a keyboard that I can type continously on.
Which keyboard do you prefer and why?
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I like SwiftKey.
I used the trial of SwiftKey for a bit and enjoyed it enough to buy it. I like to make the keyboard quite small and undock it and use my finger or the spen to swype my words out. I can get pretty quick sometimes. The stock one wasn't too bad, if I remember correctly, but while using the small, undocked version there was an annoying lag when summoning it after selecting a text field. Another I liked was the Multiling keyboard. I think that's what it was called.
Hands down Swift key. I can type with my eyes closed on this. Tablet version works great.
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Love my note. Typing this on our. But I want a keyboard that I can type continously on.
Which keyboard do you prefer and why?
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I own three keyboards, Swiftkey, Thumb and Swype.
On the Note, I use Swiftkey in split mode (landscape). It works good for me. Not perfect, but good.
It's predictions are very good. But in split landscape mode, it only offers two suggestions at any given time even with all the space available. It would be perfect if it allowed a bit more customization and handled incorrect predictions better. The keyboard on the Palm Pre and the HP Touchpad had better correction feature where if you hit backspace, it would revert back to the word you typed and not the prediction. Thumb keyboard also does that, but Swiftkey does not. I don't understand why since it is so logical. Swiftkey has a number of sizing options and I find it to be the best fit on the Note of all the ones I've tried.
Thumb allows for a lot of customization down to customizing the alternate keys on long presses and long press timing. Swiftkey allows for customization fo long press timing, but not the long press alternate keys. With all the space available in split landscape mode, Swiftkey allows you to place a numerical keypad in the center, but stupidly, not cursor keys, even with all the space. It has cursor keys on the number/symbol page, but it could easily fit them on the main page in split landscape mode. Thumb allows many other keys in what would be the otherwise empty space in split mode, including cursor keys. Also, none allow for a dedicated 5th numerical row like the Palm Pre and HP Touchpad layout, although the Thumb keyboard does allow for a 5th row of custom keys where you could make them numbers, I suppose. But I find the predictions on Thumb to be inferior to Swiftkey by a long shot and none of the themes, sizing and layouts really work for me as well as Swiftkey.
The Swype keyboard just doesn't work well in Landscape mode. The keys are too small and there is no provision for resizing them. So that's just out as an option.
You're best off downloading the free versions and toying around to see what you prefer. But I would try Swiftkey and maybe Thumb.
Multiling O keyboard.
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I started using SwiftKey in mini mode undocked. It goes under my right thumb and I swype one hand like a phone. Not perfect but it works
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I like Flseky. It is elegant and after you get used to type with it, It is really Fast.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syntellia.fleksy.kb
SlideIt and SwiftKey.
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I have Kii on all my device. I like the fact that it can be configured different for portrait and landscape. Like in landscape I don't like the keyboard the full width, I type with one finger so full width is a stretch. I put a 25% margin on the left & 5% on the right. Can have a number row on top or nav arrows on the bottom. Will also do swipe. The predictions aren't as good as Swiftkey but still okay. Themes, lots of configuration, split for thumb typing, themes. You can try the premium features for hour then they reset.
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