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The best shorthand for onscreen writing is the way SwiftKey keyboard supports. Basically you swipe your finger in one continuous path between letters stopping b
by Roark66 3y ago
The best shorthand for onscreen writing is the way SwiftKey keyboard supports. Basically you swipe your finger in one continuous path between letters stopping between words. It let's one write in comparable speed to typing on a smartphone onscreen keyboard.
- Semaphor 3y agoWhile it’s nice (nowadays, many keyboards actually support "swiping), it still gets so much wrong, and accuracy plummets for bilingual writing (For myself, I decided that the annoyance of getting nothing right because I’m in the wrong language is better than introducing more subtle errors). For those reasons, I still wish there were phones with full physical keyboards.
- donogh 3y agoYou might like Clicks in that case: https://www.clicks.tech/ https://www.clicks.tech/
- Semaphor 3y agoEven if I were to ever use an iPhone (which I won’t), it bulks up phones even more. I already find modern phones far too large. I was thinking more of something like the Nokia E71 [0] or for a bigger screen, a slide out like the HTC Desire Z / T-Mobile G2 [1], both phones I had before, and loved at the time. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_E71 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_E71 [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire_Z https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire_Z
- aidenn0 3y agoYou might like the Unihertz Titan series. The Titan Pocket is very similar to the E71: https://www.unihertz.com/products/titan-pocket https://www.unihertz.com/products/titan-pocket
- Semaphor 3y agoOhh, that looks awesome. A bit thick, but otherwise great! My current one is only 2 years old, but I’m saving this.
- aidenn0 3y agoThe Titan Slim is newer and thinner but has a > 4" screen on top of the keyboard, making it quite tall.
- Semaphor 3y agoYeah, I saw that. I’d like a combination of both :D But it will be at least another, maybe 2-3 years, so who knows what they’ll have out by then. I’d also have to check the support story.
- aidenn0 3y agoI have had 2 Unihertz phones and I'd classify the support as "better than you'd expect for the price, but only so-so in absolute terms"
- zimpenfish 3y agoI'm still salty that there's no FITALY[1] equivalent for iOS. MessageEase[2] has the same kind of idea but is nowhere near as easy to learn and use. I could whip through text at great(ish) speed on my Palms and PocketPCs using FITALY... [1] https://textware.com/fitaly/ofkey.htm https://textware.com/fitaly/ofkey.htm [2] https://www.exideas.com/ME/index.php https://www.exideas.com/ME/index.php