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FUTO Keyboard Swipe Typing accuracy improvement - deGoogled keyboard for Android needs your help (swipe.futo.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by extremeboredom@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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If you use the privacy respecting Gboard alternative called FUTO keyboard, you've probably noticed that the built in swipe typing is HOT GARBAGE. (Typing this currently with two thumbs for this exact reason.)

Most keyboards improve their swipe algorithms by simply spying on you and logging your typing data. FUTO isn't about that, so they have built a simple webpage based typing game that you can use to improve their system in an ethical and voluntary manner! Just swipe the website's keyboard to type a provided sentence.

I love this, they can crowdsource the improvement without invading privacy!

Share with any relevant communities you're a part of. The more data, the better this gets.

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[–] dog_@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The one thing I really don't like about it, that really prevents me from using the keyboard is that when I misspell something, and it autocorrects, and then I want to add something else to it, hitting the backspace key removes the autocorrection, with no way to disable it (at least from what I've seen), I cannot stand that, which is why I've still been using gboard, but without network permissions because I'm on GrapheneOS.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Try Heliboard! It allows you to customise that

[–] dog_@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Now at this point I think I'm just being picky, but I don't want the toolbar either.

Edit: I have still yet to find an open-sourced keyboard app that does exactly what I'm looking for.