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Swype's temporary substitute

SlideIT keyboard, this might not be as good as Swype, at least to me Swype is better, but SlideIT is now $0.10, won't hurt to try it out I guess
Just a heads up for you guys.

thats what ive been using as well... does the job, but not as well as swype. might just take some getting used to though

I've been using the demo and it does not work for me at all. Have to swipe so slowly for it to recognise the right word that I can type much faster on a traditional keyboard. Shame.
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Hey All, just saw this on the swype site, it says that it supports HD res screens. However I tried installing it and it gave me an error.
Source: http://beta.swype.com/

ahsengah said:
Hey All, just saw this on the swype site, it says that it supports HD res screens. However I tried installing it and it gave me an error.
Source: http://beta.swype.com/
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Known.there is another thread showing that can not install
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Same probleme here. Noord support for the Galaxy Nexus screen size. Makes me sad.
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Thanks.. this is not bad for a temporary fix. It reminds me of some of the first versions of swype.
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SlideIT works great for me. I've never tried swype but it looks like everyne is waiting for it. What is so much better about swype when compared to SlideIT?

I was hoping I'd like this as much as Swype... I like the ability to skin it, but I don't think it's as accurate as Swype.

Swype is almost better in every aspect. More accurate predictions, smarter auto-capitalization, better error tolerance....etc Except you don't have the ability to theme.
It truly is disappointing with their support though, SlideIT works immediately with ICS on the first day, while Swype still suffering resolution problem which I think is rather stupid, they should know Android's fragmentation by now, it might be a good idea to re-write the entire app for future proof's sake.

I highly doubt they will fix it like that since Swype makes money by licensing to OEM to use on their phones rather than selling it to users on app stores. Don't really have to worry about making them futureproof since they just have to make separate builds for each phone. The version we are using is the free beta after all so they don't have any obligation to update it.
Makes me wonder if they really do make more money doing licensing deals than they would selling them to users. Oh well.
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I have missed using Swype, but in the meantime I've been using FlexT9 by Nuance, the people who make Dragon speech recognition software. It has a Swype-like feature which works almost as nicely as Swype, but lacks a couple of things that you get in Swype, like navigation arrows, cut and paste buttons, and the ability to swype words in password fields. The speech recognition on FlexT9 is simply phenomenal and worth the app price for that feature alone. Most speech recognition apps don't seem to like UK voices, but this one works even better than the speech recognition on my PC.
It's worth knowing that Nuance have just acquired the company that makes Swype, and indeed this is one of the reasons given by the Swype team for the delayed update for the GN. I really hope that we'll end up seeing the best features of Swype intergrated into the FlexT9 app, or vice-versa. For me, it would be a dream come true.

Go keyboard allows you to eagle and also has good theme as below
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trickhd2 said:
Go keyboard allows you to eagle and also has good theme as below
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Eagle?
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Chrono_Tata said:
Eagle?
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I know!!!! In a rush, 2 things at a time, and didn't realise the predictive text had kicked in. Wasnt even 'swyping' at the time!

[How to] Install Swype on the Galaxy Nexus

Figured I'd post this, as I have gotten some questions asking about it.
This video will show you how to install the Swype keyboard on your Gnex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heir6BIrt04

As I already have it installed, not watching the video. But I wanted to add this, make sure you have 320 dpi our it will not install.
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I'm assuming no Official release yet then?
*** edit nvrmn.d saw video and it does look like officially updated. ***
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Did Google remove the press to hold and change keyboard input option? I keep having to go change it in settings and that's a bit of an annoyance. I like to change keyboards every so often.
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What version is this video for?
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jonathan3579 said:
Did Google remove the press to hold and change keyboard input option? I keep having to go change it in settings and that's a bit of an annoyance. I like to change keyboards every so often.
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When you bring up the keyboard, there is an icon on the top notification bar. Select from there.
Finally, some Swype action!
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When you bring up the keyboard, there is an icon on the top notification bar. Select from there.
Finally, some Swype action!
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Okay, so that's what that was. Lol. I was becoming frustrated that the little icon was up there so I assumed it was Swype spamming me. Thanks a lot! I guess it doesn't show up until you have more than one keyboard available.
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Thanks man been wanting swype on my nexus for longest ill see if it works for the rezound also
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vdub804 said:
Thanks man been wanting swype on my nexus for longest ill see if it works for the rezound also
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You're welcome!

qbking77 said:
Figured I'd post this, as I have gotten some questions asking about it.
This video will show you how to install the Swype keyboard on your Gnex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heir6BIrt04
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Thank qb glad to see you over in this area of the forums
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has anyone been able to download any language files?
it seems the download capability is broken. I couldn't download any language files or dragon feature.
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Downloading works but it just needs some time.

Downloading the additional languages seems a little buggy. Sometimes the option completely disappears from the menus( even whilst being connected to wifi the whole time). It's not a conclusive method of getting the menu option back but I think running the swype setup/installer app when swype is already installed seemed to bring it back for me. Then several times when opening the download languages menu it sat with the loading twirly for ages and ages.
Also when finally getting the list of languages and downloading my desired language, the downloading was fairly fast but installing took ages.
What was also funny was swype had defaulted to Spanish when I first downloaded it and I was wondering why it's predictions had become so seemingly odd....

طوني تبولة said:
has anyone been able to download any language files?
it seems the download capability is broken. I couldn't download any language files or dragon feature.
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Downloading works but it just needs some time.
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It worked just fine for me. Was stuck on "installing.."for like 2 minutes but works.
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Its great to have Swype back!
But... does anyone know how to disable the keyboard icon in the notification bar? Its not a big deal, it just annoys me!!
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Link to the download?

You have to be on the beta program to get it...sign up at
beta.swype.com

MatthewHenry said:
Its great to have Swype back!
But... does anyone know how to disable the keyboard icon in the notification bar? Its not a big deal, it just annoys me!!
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You can't. It's the way you change keyboard in ICS (except stock keyboard which is long press space).
The norification will stay there unless Swype implements the ICS way to change keyboard.

I'm using Swype whole mounth. build that I found works perfectly in my g nexus.
I can give apk if somebody wants. Also it supports lots of languages.
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and I don't have any keyboard icon at top bar. It works how it must (like in 2.3).
But there one BUT: it uses nuance dictation (or dragon) that's no t so cool as default goggle's
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You're using the hacked version, which is already online. This thread is about the OFFICIAL one which cannot be shared as it'd be classed as warez

Auto correct in keyboard

My wife misses the auto correct of the iPhone. Does Android have something as comparable, besides the predictive text? The predictive text was just totally messing up her sentences. It doesn't seem to work as good as iPhone. So I assume I'm missing something.

The default keyboard with predictive text is pretty bad. Download SwiftKey 3 Keyboard from the Google Play Store. It will cost you, but trust me, it's worth it.
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Vanillamarble said:
The default keyboard with predictive text is pretty bad. Download SwiftKey 3 Keyboard from the Google Play Store. It will cost you, but trust me, it's worth it.
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+1
Used stock for 5 minutes on this phone before getting SwiftKey.
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Agree with above. SwiftKey is a must.

Are you guys talking about the Samsung keyboard?
That is terrible, but the jellybean keyboard is really good in predicting your words, so I'd recommend trying to get that.
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Another recommendation for SwiftKey. You can type a whole book without ever using the space bar. they let you try it before you buy. 30 day trial I think. Good stuff.

Redundant by now, but yeah, go SwiftKey. You could literally mess up every letter of every word and you would never know lol.
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I downloaded SwiftKey for the auto correction feature but still run into issues where (even) SwiftKey knows I spelled a word wrong but will not auto append it to the correct word its predicting. Is there a setting that I am not seeing somewhere as I've been through all the menu's (both native and 3rd party input settings)?

Thanks, she was immediately impressed with the new one.

Thank you guys, she was impressed with the new one.

proplayer44 said:
Thank you guys, she was impressed with the new one.
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No problem, that's what we are here for!!

Try Swype beta from the Swype web site.It's not available in the app market. It's predictive text is spot on most of the time and its easy to fix the mistake if it made one.
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Any favorite alternative keyboards out there?

laser03251 said:
Any favorite alternative keyboards out there?
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:what:^^^^^^^^see above. :thumbup:

[Q] Spell Correction Issues

The issue i'm facing is the horrible spell correction on my S3. I came from my old S1 directly to the S3. On my old S1 I could type a word out and if it was anywhere near close, the phone would correct it. On my S3 it obviously knows I'm spelling it wrong because it gives me the option to correct it to the right word, but doesn't do it automatically. I am under the impression that it has to be a setting somewhere because even when I downloaded swift I had the same issues. In settings, under the stock keyboard I have all the right boxes clicked as far as what I suspect it should be, but I was wondering if anyone else had this issue.

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The issue i'm facing is the horrible spell correction on my S3. I came from my old S1 directly to the S3. On my old S1 I could type a word out and if it was anywhere near close, the phone would correct it. On my S3 it obviously knows I'm spelling it wrong because it gives me the option to correct it to the right word, but doesn't do it automatically. I am under the impression that it has to be a setting somewhere because even when I downloaded swift I had the same issues. In settings, under the stock keyboard I have all the right boxes clicked as far as what I suspect it should be, but I was wondering if anyone else had this issue.
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Same issue. I type like a toddler when I text.
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IMO the stock Samsung keyboard is horrible i use the jellybean keyboard downloadable from the playstore reminds me of the captivate keyboard
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Which jellybean keyboard exactly from play store?

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IMO the stock Samsung keyboard is horrible i use the jellybean keyboard downloadable from the playstore reminds me of the captivate keyboard
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Just downloaded it and it seems to be working 1000x better then the stock! Thanks!!

No problem glad I could help out
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I am also curious about this. I never had this issue until I flashed the stock touchwiz rooted roms. Now my mistyped words are never corrected automatically no matter what options I select. The rom obviously changed something in the keyboard....anyone know a fix for this? Things like "vibrate on keypress" or the "hand writing" functions just plain don't work/show up. Thanks for any help.
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Android 4.2 keyboard download.

4.2 Keyboard!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...d-4-2-keyboard-with-gesture-typing-right-now/
Edit: Didn't realize the links were taken down from the site.
Working link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/25l8usctrc9xcmk/LatinImeGoogle_signed.apk
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That's an old version..
Does anyone have 'official' from Google?
And 'swype' is English only??!

TinyFeather said:
That's an old version..
Does anyone have 'official' from Google?
And 'swype' is English only??!
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There isn't one "official" from Google yet because 4.2 isn't out.
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they had to take the links down. but we posted mirrors just in time: http://www.mrmad.net/download-android-jelly-bean-4-2-tastatur-mit-wischgesten-3010

madphone said:
they had to take the links down. but we posted mirrors just in time: http://www.mrmad.net/download-android-jelly-bean-4-2-tastatur-mit-wischgesten-3010
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How does this compare with SwiftKey?
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it's more like swype but faster. it's already pretty good but not final yet. i like it more than swiftkey because of swiping. but maybe the next swiftkey version is even better.

Even if this isn't the final version i really like it. It works just like swype but you see the word follow you as you move your finger.
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So far like this keyboard more then swype beta and touchpal keyboards. You must unlearn certain swype gesture's for it to work correctly but very geeked for the final version and the rest of the goodies on 4.2.
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Thus keyboard is fast as heck. I'm not in love with the floating, following word as you type though. A keeper for sure though.
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baboonsRus said:
Thus keyboard is fast as heck. I'm not in love with the floating, following word as you type though. A keeper for sure though.
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You can turn off the floating following words by the way in settings.
Does anyone know how to to punctuation quickly with it like in swype? My favorite thing about this keyboard besides it's awesomeness is that it doesn't auto add every word i manually type in like swype does.

madphone said:
they had to take the links down. but we posted mirrors just in time: http://www.mrmad.net/download-android-jelly-bean-4-2-tastatur-mit-wischgesten-3010
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frigidazzi said:
You can turn off the floating following words by the way in settings.
Does anyone know how to to punctuation quickly with it like in swype? My favorite thing about this keyboard besides it's awesomeness is that it doesn't auto add every word i manually type in like swype does.
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Yeah, that's my question. I hate having to manually do punctuation again, that's what I like about Swype...

For an early version this thing is fantastic.
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I just figured it out. It's like Swift key. Hold down the period then your punctuation comes up.

just love it, also love the leakage community

Super accurate. I love how swiping in this keyboard leans towards common words (it, was, how, and, but. then etc.) more than Swype did. If I remember how Swype worked, it would often try to "overpredict" the words when I'm just trying to spell simple conjunction words and then I would have to go back and correct these simple words. Also, it's awesome that we don't have to do the "circle the letter" to double it like when spelling words with repeating letters. It seems like this keyboard just knows what word you want without having to do any special tricks.
I love being able to have the accurate "peck" typing keyboard while choosing to swipe if I wanted to on the same keyboard. Best of both world.

Is this gsm only or will this work on toro too?
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j0hnnyth3f0x said:
Is this gsm only or will this work on toro too?
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It works on toro too. Haven't tried it on my Xoom yet but it feels faster and is way better with system resources.
GNex + Team EOS JB + Franco Kernel = Stable Goodness

Nevermind the mirror is working now: http://www.mediafire.com/?f1h6ncc4hudh8l5

flashed the zip file on galaxy nexus but nothing happens.
even tried moving the apk to system/app and reboot, but no dice.
Any help guys?