Dislike Your On-Screen Keyboard? Change it!
Dislike Your On-Screen Keyboard? Change it!
We’ve all experienced the unintentional typos that happen from predictive text and touchscreen keyboards – just look at DYAC.com
for a few minutes and you’ll see that you’re not the only one who’s
ever sent something like “Stay stroganoff!” or “Misery loves Cheetos” to
a friend. These mistakes are hilarious to read about other people
making, but when you’re finally tired of making them you should consider
installing an alternate keyboard on your Android device and using that
by default.
How? We’ll walk you through it.
So, which keyboard apps are the best? That’s a tough question to answer, mainly because it really is a personal preference. Here are a couple of the options available though:
Swiftkey X:
Swiftkey is a keyboard that uses a special prediction engine to analyze
everything you type, including Facebook, Twitter and Gmail data, and
accurately predict the next word you’re going to write. It also
dynamically adapts the touch-sensitive area of each key to improve your
accuracy and avoid weird typos.
Swype: Swype
is innovative in that instead of “typing,” you drag your finger across
the letters of each word. Swype’s algorithm will figure out which word
you’re writing from the movement of your finger on the screen. The
smooth, continuous path ultimately makes users faster and can allow you
to achieve over 40 words per minute.
There are also other options like Flex T9 that some people prefer. What’s your go-to alternate keyboard, if you have one?
How? We’ll walk you through it.
You can also select a different installed keyboard from whichever app you’re using to type by pressing and holding on the text input area. A menu will pop up, and when it does just tap Input Method and pick your keyboard of choice.
- Find the alternate keyboard you want to use on the Amazon Appstore. There are plenty of options available, a couple of which we’ll list at the end of this post.
- Download and install it. If you want to use Swype, there is a good chance it’s already pre-installed on your device. If not, you can register with them and they’ll send you a download link via email. If you download Swype this way, there are a few extra steps involved that you can read about here.
- From your homescreen, hit the menu button, and tap Settings.
- Scroll down and tap on the Languages & Keyboard section.
- You’ll see all your installed keyboards listed here. You can tap on them to enable them, if you haven’t already. A warning might pop up about keyboards having the ability to collect information you type. Major app developers such as the folks behind Swype don’t actually save the data, so hit OK as long as you trust the app you chose.
- Once you’ve enabled the keyboard you want to use, tap Input Method and select that keyboard to make it your default.
So, which keyboard apps are the best? That’s a tough question to answer, mainly because it really is a personal preference. Here are a couple of the options available though:
Swiftkey X:
Swiftkey is a keyboard that uses a special prediction engine to analyze
everything you type, including Facebook, Twitter and Gmail data, and
accurately predict the next word you’re going to write. It also
dynamically adapts the touch-sensitive area of each key to improve your
accuracy and avoid weird typos.Swype: Swype
is innovative in that instead of “typing,” you drag your finger across
the letters of each word. Swype’s algorithm will figure out which word
you’re writing from the movement of your finger on the screen. The
smooth, continuous path ultimately makes users faster and can allow you
to achieve over 40 words per minute.There are also other options like Flex T9 that some people prefer. What’s your go-to alternate keyboard, if you have one?
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