Develop Bugs

Swype: Can't highlight words with double tap?

You guys notice that you can't double tap the word to highlight with the stock version of Swype included with the SGSII? Not sure why this is no longer available, really helped speed things up with editing on the SGS versions of Swype.

Yes I noticed that, makes it annoying to fix typos...

it's to do with the samsung "correction" system.
It is possible to edit words via swype, but its a bit clunky, you long press the word, click select word, and then wait 2 seconds for the samsung crap to get out of the way.
I'm sure that the correction thing can be disabled letting us use swype more intuitively.

Apparently you can just uninstall the swype that comes on the phone and install the latest beta from the swype website and get that feature back.

drm111 said:
Apparently you can just uninstall the swype that comes on the phone and install the latest beta from the swype website and get that feature back.
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I think I might just do that, definitely makes it a lot more difficult to go back and edit!
EDIT: NOPE, that didn't work. Don't bother, it's something with the OS.

I think this is actually a gingerbread thing.
Froyo used to do it fine but when I upgraded my
Old phone to gingerbread I could no longer do it.
The text selection is different.
You can click on the word you want to change then
Press the swype button once to get up the word list.
Hope this helps.

Also, once you have the word list up, you can press the 'Shift' key to get a list of capitalisation options for the word, e.g. word, Word, WORD.
Swype is the main reason I'm on an Android phone. I like the SGS2, of course, but having played with dual boot WP7 and Android on an HD2, Swype was the main reason for going Android. No regrets, mind you

I would LOVEEEE to fix this.., someone freaking sticky this.. I tried installing my swype from sgs1 froyo but no good.. I also hate how , comma is where space bar used to be.. always hit it instead of space
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Gustopher said:
Also, once you have the word list up, you can press the 'Shift' key to get a list of capitalisation options for the word, e.g. word, Word, WORD.
Swype is the main reason I'm on an Android phone. I like the SGS2, of course, but having played with dual boot WP7 and Android on an HD2, Swype was the main reason for going Android. No regrets, mind you
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Cool man I share your passion for swype. Been using it since day one.
As soon as I have some means to instal them like recovery I'm going to
Port my skins over and I can make custom versions for peeps.

if we can get old swype back all problems would be,gone
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soraxd said:
if we can get old swype back all problems would be,gone
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Hmm well I have apks for the beta, my own custom version,
Maybe If I can change the name,.sign then instal it along side
Our built in version. I do prefer the beta too. Too many buttons
At the bottom on this version, but as I said, it might be gingerbreads
New way of text selection causing the problem cos it happened on
My old phone. Very annoying.
Edit : I wouldn't be able to post it here tho as its against the rules.

If you want to edit the word, just single tap the word and tap the swype icon on the bottom left of the keyboard which brings up all your options.

zxz88 said:
If you want to edit the world, just single tap the word and tap the swype icon on the bottom left of the keyboard which brings up all your options.
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We have a winner. Don't double tap, long press, or highlight the word. as long as the cursor is next to the word, the swype button will show the suggested words list.
Burko

Thanks for solving that for me zxz88!
Now, how do I ad words to it?

press anywhere on the word you want to correct to get the cursor there, then just press the swype key in the bottom left corner of the keyboard.....does the trick without having to select the whole word again....i had the same problem you did, then realized there must be another way....

actually.. that isn't too bad, I still don't like how much of the spacebar was cut to add 2 new keys tho.. I ALWAYS hit ,,,,,, for space
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zxz88 said:
If you want to edit the word, just single tap the word and tap the swype icon on the bottom left of the keyboard which brings up all your options.
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Yes, but Swype previously you could just double tap to bring up the word choice, one less step = faster.
BTW, this looks to be a Gingerbread bug, not Swype's... and is documented on Swype's forum: http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?2928-Gingerbread-2.3.3-Double-Tap-opening-Edit-Menu.
On a side note... can one of you nice people post up the "libswypecore.so" file from XWKE2's /system/lib directory? It got deleted when I installed the beta version, I think the stock version runs faster.
Thanks!

cmd512 said:
Yes, but Swype previously you could just double tap to bring up the word choice, one less step = faster.
BTW, this looks to be a Gingerbread bug, not Swype's... and is documented on Swype's forum: http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?2928-Gingerbread-2.3.3-Double-Tap-opening-Edit-Menu.
On a side note... can one of you nice people post up the "libswypecore.so" file from XWKE2's /system/lib directory? It got deleted when I installed the beta version, I think the stock version runs faster.
Thanks!
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Surely a double tap and 2 separate taps are the same number of steps? I find the new way more intuitive in day to day use.
In fact if you are correcting the word you have just typed, you don't have to double tap at all anymore. One less step = faster right?
Burko

f0ffen said:
Thanks for solving that for me zxz88!
Now, how do I ad words to it?
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No problem, to add words I believe you just type out the new word instead of swyping it gets added as a new word so the next time you can swype it!

Burko said:
Surely a double tap and 2 separate taps are the same number of steps? I find the new way more intuitive in day to day use.
In fact if you are correcting the word you have just typed, you don't have to double tap at all anymore. One less step = faster right?
Burko
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Wrong, it's all about WHERE you're tapping. If I quickly double tap on the word, my finger doesn't move from that spot and I can immediately pick the replacement word. If I have to put the cursor on the word, then move down to the keyboard all the way to the lower left to hit the option button, and then move back up to select word, of course that's slower.
Pretty straightforward really... how could you say the two are the same? It's like saying you're both driving from points A to B, who cares about distance, lol.

4.2 Keyboard tips?

I just realized that double tapping a word highlights the entire word and gives the option to replace it with a drop down list of suggested words. Has anyone found any other tricks to working the 4.2 keyboard?

Blown 89 said:
I just realized that double tapping a word highlights the entire word and gives the option to replace it with a drop down list of suggested words. Has anyone found any other tricks to working the 4.2 keyboard?
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Wow!!! I was looking for that! Thanks!

Cheers... Sounds like a good idea.
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wow... no reason whatsoever to use swype now. thanks!

Blown 89 said:
I just realized that double tapping a word highlights the entire word and gives the option to replace it with a drop down list of suggested words. Has anyone found any other tricks to working the 4.2 keyboard?
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Thanks- I was wondering how that worked!
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wow... no reason whatsoever to use swype now. thanks!
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Swype is still phenomenally better. The typing gets more accurate with use, and it is always much more accurate and has better punctuation. It takes one tap to add a word to the dictionary. I add a word to the Google dictionary and it still doesn't show up. It randomly censors out words and autocorrects to words that don't even exist. It's a bloody mess.
Have you even tried to write the word "sex"? It keeps on changing it to "sec" and won't even allow me to add it to the dictionary.
Google should have just bought Swype and incorporated it...

I wonder if it's possible to disable it from automatically creating a space after each word, there are times when I want to disable it.
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i found the new native keyboard a great improvement, but for me and my uses, doesn't get close to swype. one thing i miss in the native keyboard is cut/copy/paste/select all with just a swype, the ability to move de cursor by swiping too, it has tab (->), a big numerical only keyboard mode, &c.
Of course it's a matter of personal preferences, but swype has more useful features, that i find myself using everyday, than the new native keyboard. And I did delay my coming back to swype trying to get used to the new keyboard. But eventually, after a few days, I'm back with swype.
all the best

You can also tap and hold a word to get the options too.
Of course, predicting words could be better and punctuation marks on swype are more natural to enter.
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montrealguy said:
Have you even tried to write the word "sex"? It keeps on changing it to "sec" and won't even allow me to add it to the dictionary.
Google should have just bought Swype and incorporated it...
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I noticed that too. How dare they restrict the English language, the bayards. Oops I mean b*stards!

How do you manually add words to the dictionary? Is there a method of doing it other than the default type it out and touch again to save?
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Pheno.menon said:
How do you manually add words to the dictionary? Is there a method of doing it other than the default type it out and touch again to save?
Transmission sent from my Galaxy Nexus.
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It's under the language and input section in the settings menu.

[Q] Can anone get us a download for Swiftkey Flow 4?

Sounds like the perfect keyboard. Some Note 2 Verizon users have it. It has Swiftkey and Swype functionality.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Swif...talled-on-your-Samsung-GALAXY-Note-II_id37168
http://phandroid.com/2012/11/29/swiftkey-flow-hands-on-video/

+1

I'm not seeing how this is any different to the "Continuous input" we have in the Samsung keyboard. Even the "text" against the option in the keyboard settings is identical - only the name has changed.
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
I'm not seeing how this is any different to the "Continuous input" we have in the Samsung keyboard. Even the "text" against the option in the keyboard settings is identical - only the name has changed.
Regards,
Dave
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The complete logic behind the way it predicts words has changed too.

Lennyuk said:
The complete logic behind the way it predicts words has changed too.
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The Samsung keyboard *is* using Swiftkey technology for text prediction, regardless of how it is named.
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
The Samsung keyboard *is* using Swiftkey technology for text prediction, regardless of how it is named.
Regards,
Dave
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I agree, but in the note 2, there are features like the amazing clipboard, photo to text recognition or handwriting recognition, which aren't on swype or swiftkey.
I don't see myself ever moving away from the stock keyboard.
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EP2008 said:
I agree, but in the note 2, there are features like the amazing clipboard, photo to text recognition or handwriting recognition, which aren't on swype or swiftkey.
I don't see myself ever moving away from the stock keyboard.
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You miss the point - the stock keyboard uses Swiftkey technology already.
Regards,
Dave

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You miss the point - the stock keyboard uses Swiftkey technology already.
Regards,
Dave
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Oh I know that's the technology, but unless these third party keyboards include useful features, they will only be good for licensing their tech. But maybe it's better that way.
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foxmeister said:
You miss the point - the stock keyboard uses Swiftkey technology already.
Regards,
Dave
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Swift key 4 that I'm looking for is an improved version.

Sebring5 said:
Swift key 4 that I'm looking for is an improved version.
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How so?
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How so?
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Click on the links in the opening post to read about the improvements. It has a new predictive engine.
Here is another link with instructions for getting the beta.
http://www.swiftkey.net/introducing-swiftkey-flow

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You miss the point - the stock keyboard uses Swiftkey technology already.
Regards,
Dave
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Dave,
Have you used Swiftkey? The new android keyboard does use swiftkey like predictions. However, it does not predict your next word when tracing unless you tap the word in the prediction bar to see if your next word is there. That slows down your typing as opposed to speeding it up. Also, it does not predict my typing style well. On swiftkey, if I type "Hey buddy, what's going on?", I don't have to type anything except the letter "H". The Android keyboard can't do that. The new swiftkey flow will predict words while you trace so you may only have to input the first word in a sentence and tap the rest in predictions. Also, I like having symbols as key alternates (I can't stand the one key for all punctuations)... the @gmail.com choice when entering email addresses...swipe back gesture to delete pervious word, the arrow keys, different themes, and custom layouts.
They are not even close to the same.
BTW, how does the Note 2 have swiftkey flow? I don't think it's has even been released for beta to anyone yet
That's the difference from the stock trace 4.1.. the difference between the note 2 version is the predictive text

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Dave,
Have you used Swiftkey? The new android keyboard does use swiftkey like predictions. However, it does not predict your next word when tracing unless you tap the word in the prediction bar to see if your next word is there. That slows down your typing as opposed to speeding it up. Also, it does not predict my typing style well. On swiftkey, if I type "Hey buddy, what's going on?", I don't have to type anything except the letter "H". The Android keyboard can't do that. The new swiftkey flow will predict words while you trace so you may only have to input the first word in a sentence and tap the rest in predictions. Also, I like having symbols as key alternates (I can't stand the one key for all punctuations)... the @gmail.com choice when entering email addresses...swipe back gesture to delete pervious word, the arrow keys, different themes, and custom layouts.
They are not even close to the same.
BTW, how does the Note 2 have swiftkey flow? I don't think it's has even been released for beta to anyone yet
That's the difference from the stock trace 4.1.. the difference between the note 2 version is the predictive text
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I am talking specifically about the link in the original post, not Swiftkey Flow in general!
My point is I don't think what the OP is referring to is any different to what we currently have.
Regards,
Dave
P.S. Yes I have used Swiftkey and I am signed up to the Swiftkey Flow beta.
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http://www.droid-life.com/2012/11/3...ftkey-flow-but-not-the-cool-new-beta-version/
The differences between Swiftkey Flow in the verizon note 2 and the swiftkey flow beta soon to be released are documented in that article.
Basically it doesn't predict words as you glide your finger across the keyboard, unlike the swiftkey flow keyboard demonstrated in swiftkey's video

Swype Beta 1.4 Update

Swype Beta was just updated to 1.4. Update details per Android Central, "added Living Language, which takes auto correction and word prediction to a new level with crowd sourced data". Other additions include, "The correction engine has gotten an upgrade, and the new Smart Editor now analyzes your entire sentence, flagging any errors for correction or suggesting the best substitution based on the context of what you're saying, not just the word order."
Please share your thoughts on this version. Download is here: http://beta.swype.com/

That video was hilarious
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Thanks Dave, I've always been a huge Swype fan, wouldn't buy a phone unless it was capable of using Swype. This version is pretty nice. Still playing with it. One thing I noticed is, it's not quite as easy to use punctuation as before (like anyone uses punctuation in texts anyway). I used to be able to tap on the last word I wrote and it would give me the option of ! , ? or whatever, now you have to long press the appropriate letter. Not a biggie just something I noticed. Still playing, but thanks for the heads up! :good:
I'm liking the built in themes!

Thanks for the info. Just updated. Hopefully the update will address the problem with personal dictionary disappearing followed by no longer able to add new words.

mkuo said:
Thanks for the info. Just updated. Hopefully the update will address the problem with personal dictionary disappearing followed by no longer able to add new words.
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same concern here..

mkuo said:
Thanks for the info. Just updated. Hopefully the update will address the problem with personal dictionary disappearing followed by no longer able to add new words.
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I've been messing with it for about an hour or so. The smart editor and next word prediction must take time to populate. As for the personal dictionary disappearing, I don't get why they have a register option, but no log in and sync dictionary option :thumbdown: As for adding words, I have had no issues there. One last thing I noticed is that Dragon seems a little more accurate. May be my imagination
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One thing I really wish they had was an option to disable Dragon and use Google for voice typing.
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I've been messing with it for about an hour or so. The smart editor and next word prediction must take time to populate. As for the personal dictionary disappearing, I don't get why they have a register option, but no log in and sync dictionary option :thumbdown: As for adding words, I have had no issues there. One last thing I noticed is that Dragon seems a little more accurate. May be my imagination
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There is login and the supposedly sync dictionary option. Under Swype connect, just tap into your registered email/account. Although I'm not sure how it works; I don't see any syncing between my two devices using the same account.
If this is your first time using Swype, then the dictionary disappearing issue I was referring to usually happens in a few days. Whatever triggered it I'm still unclear; I've tried with or without an account, checked and unchecked syncing option, and many other combinations... and it's usually after that disappearance the word addition ceases to work.

David Dee said:
One thing I really wish they had was an option to disable Dragon and use Google for voice typing.
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I've never had any issues with the voice typing. It works pretty good for me, even when I talk faster or stutter, it picks up remarkable well. Maybe it's just your Canadian accent :laugh:

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I've never had any issues with the voice typing. It works pretty good for me, even when I talk faster or stutter, it picks up remarkable well. Maybe it's just your Canadian accent :laugh:
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Lol! I just find Google voice typing works so well. Also I regularly hit the Dragon button by error due to its proximity to the enter button.
On another note, after a day of use, I have definitely noticed an improvement in word selection while swyping.
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Swiftkey Flow kills this.

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Swiftkey Flow kills this.
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I am always open minded to better options & different ideas, but if you are going to post a statement like this, please explain how you have arrived at this conclusion.
I don't think anyone can debate the fact that Swiftkey has the best prediction machine out there for regular typing. I actually use Swiftkey on my tablet, and when drafting long emails on my phone in landscape. Given this I was very excited to try Swiftkey Flow, which I did, for both versions. In my experience, Swiftkey still has a long way to go to catch Swype when it comes to swype typing. Swiftkey Flow is not as accurate or smooth as Swype when swyping. My typing speeds on Swype are 25% faster than when using Swiftkey Flow. This is not surprising given Swype has been doing this since it was founded almost 10 years ago in 2003.

David Dee said:
I am always open minded to better options & different ideas, but if you are going to post a statement like this, please explain how you have arrived at this conclusion.
I don't think anyone can debate the fact that Swiftkey has the best prediction machine out there for regular typing. I actually use Swiftkey on my tablet, and when drafting long emails on my phone in landscape. Given this I was very excited to try Swiftkey Flow, which I did, for both versions. In my experience, Swiftkey still has a long way to go to catch Swype when it comes to swype typing. Swiftkey Flow is not as accurate or smooth as Swype when swyping. My typing speeds on Swype are 25% faster than when using Swiftkey Flow. This is not surprising given Swype has been doing this since it was founded almost 10 years ago in 2003.
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OK..I like the fact it auto spaces after punctuation. I can tell it to learn how I type from SMS, FB, or Twit. It goes out and does it's thing and says it learned. I can now to "Swiping" words in shorthand that I used in GOsms. Genius. I can swipe left quick quick quick and it will start to remove text I may want to remove. The keyboard has a fresh look with various themes. All Swype boards look the same to me. I bid you to try the latest version of flow. ...61. It's much improved

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One thing I noticed is, it's not quite as easy to use punctuation as before (like anyone uses punctuation in texts anyway). I used to be able to tap on the last word I wrote and it would give me the option of ! , ? or whatever, now you have to long press the appropriate letter.
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If you like to swype, you can do a period-to-space swype (same for question, exclamation mark, comma, colon, and double-quote). You can also double-tap space to get period-space now. I'm not sure when that was added though.
I love the punct gestures; long press is too slow.

When you stop on a letter and wait for the menu to pop up with the available choices, it would be nice to see the uppercase version of the letter there as well.
Otherwise I have been using Swype since this summer when I got my SG3 and love it.

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OK..I like the fact it auto spaces after punctuation. I can tell it to learn how I type from SMS, FB, or Twit. It goes out and does it's thing and says it learned. I can now to "Swiping" words in shorthand that I used in GOsms. Genius. I can swipe left quick quick quick and it will start to remove text I may want to remove. The keyboard has a fresh look with various themes. All Swype boards look the same to me. I bid you to try the latest version of flow. ...61. It's much improved
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Swype also auto spaces after punctuation. I have tried both versions of Swiftkey flow. There is no brand loyalty here, I just want the best solution for me.
At the end of the day, this decision is personal and very much driven by what one is accustomed to. Let's bury the comparison discussion for now, the purpose of this thread is for discussion around the new Swype release.

Or just swype from the question mark or exclamation point to the space bar and it will input whatever special character your swyped from..... It's the easiest way.

David Dee said:
Swype also auto spaces after punctuation. I have tried both versions of Swiftkey flow. There is no brand loyalty here, I just want the best solution for me.
At the end of the day, this decision is personal and very much driven by what one is accustomed to. Let's bury the comparison discussion for now, the purpose of this thread is for discussion around the new Swype release.
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Sorry for thread jacking.

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Sorry for thread jacking.
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No worries, I appreciate your input and understanding of the desire to get back on topic.
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is it possible to theme swype? would it be hard to mode the app to be inverted lets say

Swype keyboard user custom dictionary

does any one know how to export/extract Swype keyboard user custom dictionary ? or atleast to locate it/them on the phone ?
I want to migrate to Touchpal keyboard but I dont want to start inputtting all my words manually again. I already have a huge list which I have been building over a long time !
Touchpal keyboard is very nice and I highly recommend it to try it out if you guys dont know or havent used it they even have tablet edition by the way link

I'm also very interested in this topic. Nobody here with a hint how this could work?

MartinMo said:
I'm also very interested in this topic. Nobody here with a hint how this could work?
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I guess just stick with Swype Dragon or just deal with the pain of starting from scratch with touchpal keyboard
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dead soul said:
I guess just stick with Swype Dragon or just deal with the pain of starting from scratch with touchpal keyboard
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I just sent an Support ticket to Swype asking if there's an option to export/import words of/to the user dictionary of Swype and additionally asking if there is a general problem with dictionaries bigger than about 1300 words. Swype worked miserable for me as my dictionary grew this big. I had to manually delete words to solve this probleme and I was quite a bit annoyed...

yes me too, I think I did contact them about a year ago. they said no. if they do help you let me know
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The support answered me, that the export is not possible and thats really bad.
The import is annoying but no big thing. Just make an long txt file, one word a line. You can't import all the words at once, but if you mark about twenty of them and then long press the Swype key you will be pretty quick importing 1200 words - what I did in about 20 minutes or so.