Swiftkey - new keyboard software

[Guest Stevos]

I haven't seen any discussion of this here, a (time limited) beta is available in the market (search for "swiftkey")

presumably the final release will be pay-for.

Anyway I'm checking it out, it claims to have better predictive text and word correction.

[Guest Simon O]

I haven't seen any discussion of this here, a (time limited) beta is available in the market (search for "swiftkey")

presumably the final release will be pay-for.

Anyway I'm checking it out, it claims to have better predictive text and word correction.

And it's compatible with Android 1.5 so all those stuck in the past can use it :angry:

[Guest Stevos]

Early tests seem to suggest that (for me) it is more responsive that android / touchpal keyboards. The prediction stuff does seem potentially useful (and maybe better than competing options.)

It might take a while of use to find out if it will work better for me. Give it a try to see if it's any good for you.

[Guest Stevos]

Looks like a potentially good alternative to swype types.

One potential problem with it is that it's not obvious if it can be used with voice input (no obvious microphone key) This might make it less of a good option for some, though if anyone's on 1.5 it won't likely bother them.

Hopefully the full beta or release will add a mic key.

Edited July 14, 2010 by Stevos

[Guest flash2004]

looks good..

will give this a try..

[Guest Stevos]

It's looking very good, and the writing style learning ability seems better than others.

One possibly important point for people concerned about security and privacy -

As part of the learning process, it logs a certain amount of what you write into text fields onto the SD card. It seems to do this regardless of whether the text is used or saved (eg. when using notepad to test the predictive text with some samples (which were not saved), the sample text was logged to SD). If you enter it into an input box (even if you subsequently delete it with the backspace key), it will potentially be logged.

This means that it can log things such as usernames on login forms.

I'm not sure if it logs all words, or just autocompleted words, or some word sequences that vary from its expected predictions.

It doesn't appear to log entries from password forms (as far as my testing can show).

Just thought I'd mention it - most predictive text systems that learn will work in a similar way.