Hello, could someone recommended a keyboard for android that is a bit smart in predictive typing? I used to like swiftkeybefore it was bought by microsoft. Not that swiftkey itself was much better but I was not so privy conscious at that time.

I recall swiftkey would require access to your texts and emails to train itself to your predictions.

Is there some similar foss keyboard where all the data then remains local?

I know swiftkey has an incognito mode, but then it stops learning from your typing.

  • elmicha@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    I recall swiftkey would require access to your texts and emails to train itself to your predictions.

    I’m not a Microsoft fan, but I use SwiftKey anyway. It cannot read your SMS and mails. It asks for a few permissions, but you can deny them all. Also you don’t need a Microsoft account. I guess if you use Microsoft for your mail, SwiftKey can read your mails then.

    • BeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 months ago

      If I’m not wrong, if you don’t connect with an email you lose the personalised dictionary function, which I think (?) is what is used to the customised predictions. I might try it again, maybe they changed how they work. Probability unsubstantiated: after it was bought by microsoft, I had found the predictions much less efficient, which was another reason back then to uninstall it

      • elmicha@feddit.de
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        11 months ago

        I think (but don’t know) that you still get a personalised dictionary, but it will not be transmitted to a new phone or second device.