Do you use the swipe to type feature on your phone?

Nioxic, 10 months ago

i only do regular “tap” typing

i tried swiping and its just annoyingly inaccururate (but i do switch off the auto correct, because it also sucks, and i switch between writing my native language, and english)

bleepbloopbleep, 10 months ago

I’m typing using a wild mix of swiping and typing…

I’m bilingual and the English keyboard is way better than the German… I have to type way more if I write in German. Which is quite annoying - therefore I tend to use a lot of English vocab when writing with my family because it is just plain faster.

LordOfLocksley, 10 months ago

I use it all the time, but I’ve recently got a new phone and it’s taking a while for the autocorrect to get used to my swiping, so it has a fair few mistakes currently

pspat, 10 months ago

Good ol’ Fruit Ninja typing. Love it!

Laticauda, 10 months ago

I don’t, but I also tend to talk about stuff that tends to involve a lot of atypical names or words or slang that gets autocorrected to something wrong a lot when I use swipe, and I can’t be arse to figure out how to get it to work for that stuff, so I just stick to typing it out most of the time. It just feels more natural for me.

assassin_aragorn, 10 months ago

I use it all the time, it’s incredibly convenient. I’ve been using it for years now though, granted. The most annoying thing is when you have to go back and type out a word letter by letter because it’s nowhere close to what you were looking for – but that’s also the alternative of not using Swype. So… Shrug

stella, 10 months ago

i never do. im quite an old school mobile typer in general - i dont use any autocorrect features, barely use autocomplete word suggestions… i type with two fingers which are my left index finger and right thumb. call me crazy, but it works wonders for me, and whenever i display my mobile typing speed people are amazed. can definitely recommend trying to type without any assistance for a while because it can ultimately lead to some very strong results :3

Bongles, 10 months ago

Been using it since it came out.

andy_wijaya_med, 10 months ago

The only time I’m using it is when I have to type with one hand only.

yourdogsnipples, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Reassuring to see the love for Swype in here. I’m still using Swype on Android. I’ve tried many other keyboards, gboard comes closest but still lacks some of the quality of life little features from Swype.

Tag365, 10 months ago

I don’t use swiping motions to type, at most I’ve used it a few times over the years.

BURN, 10 months ago

Honestly no

By the time it was added to iPhones I was already entrenched enough in just tapping that I never bothered learning how to swipe type.

I’m a two handed typer though, so I can see the benefit with a single finger typing

peereboominc, 10 months ago

I used to do it when phones had smaller touch screens. Now I type with both thumbs. That is a lot faster than swiping with one finger

atocci, 10 months ago

A lot of keyboards have a one-hand mode that really helped and kept me using the swipe typing even as the screens kept getting bigger.

MrMcMisterson, 10 months ago

I thought it was going to be next level when I first saw it, maybe a decade ago. Tried it, did not like it at all.

3aqn5k6ryk, 10 months ago

i used to when i use pixel. Gboard is so good at it. iPhone stock keyboard is shit

c0mbatbag3l, 10 months ago

I have an iphone for work and I hate typing on that POS keyboard. Can’t even change it because Apple.

atocci, 10 months ago

You should be able to change it now, there are other keyboards on the app store at least.

c0mbatbag3l, 10 months ago

I didn’t even realize there were options, usually it’s Apple’s way or the highway.

feifei, 10 months ago

iOS keyboard is pretty good in iOS 17. The iPhone’s keyboard on iOS 17 leverages a transformer model, which OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) uses in their own language models, to learn from what you type on your keyboard to better predict what you might say next, whether it’s a name, phrase or curse word.

atocci, 10 months ago

Gboard is available on iOS isn't it? I found it on the App Store at least.

3aqn5k6ryk, 10 months ago

Youre right. The reason i went with iPhone is im trying to avoid using google services. Im a fan of Android but google is crazy with all the tracking. Tried graphene but i need something that just works.

Also i dont like having too many apps on my phone.

atocci, 10 months ago

That makes sense. I know it's probably not much better since it's Microsoft, but what about Swiftkey? It always seemed to be more accurate than Gboard, for me at least.

3aqn5k6ryk, 10 months ago

Thanks for the suggestion. Never tried swiftkey tbh. Never knew MS acquired them. I guess im just used to gboard when i used Android because it support Multilingual. Gboard is so good with that clipboard function, edit clipboard, swipe to type, auto suggest, auto correct, multilingual and swipe to delete. Thats why i never even think of trying other keyboard.

Iphone keyboard is so barebone. Doesnt even support my language for mulitlingual.