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Public service announcement to all companies that are trying to sell us keyboards or keyboard-like solutions: I fully expect, when I go into your site, to see

by cool-RR 12y ago

Public service announcement to all companies that are trying to sell us keyboards or keyboard-like solutions: I fully expect, when I go into your site, to see a video of someone using your keyboard to type FAST. (Which is probably the most important criteria in a keyboard.) This is essential because if your own people who developed the keyboard can only get to X wpm, odds are low that your average users are going to exceed X wpm. If I don't see a video of someone using your keyboard to type fast, I'm going to assume that you were not able to produce such a video, because your keyboard doesn't really allow for someone to type fast, which means that your keyboard is pretty much useless. Thank you.

intull 12y ago
They do have a video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUjBdMz1q8I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUjBdMz1q8I
- sexmonad 12y ago
  That video is just auto-complete after the first letter...
  - intull 12y ago
    Smart! Didn't observe that.
  - mobilemaggie 12y ago
    Yes, it's a practice application with pangrams, with the auto-complete turned on. Here's a video of a speed test with everything turned off: http://youtu.be/xigziUyUcrM http://youtu.be/xigziUyUcrM (good point to get this more visible on the website)
- cool-RR 12y ago
  After viewing this video six times, I'd like someone to explain to me how the program knew to autocomplete "z" into "zippers" without consulting the users. Could it be that they've trained it for this specific sentence, making this entire video meaningless at best and a fraud at worst?
jamesaguilar 12y ago
Fleksy. World record holder for SMS speed. If you haven't tried it, you owe it to yourself. They have a free demo for thirty days too.
- octaveguin 12y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion. The stock android keyboard is super terrible so I'd been looking for a better one. This is by far the best I've found. Most require a large learning curving. This one feels like the iOS one but it's a bit smoother. Nice find!
  - jamesaguilar 12y ago
    Yes, I have just moved from iOS to Android in the last few weeks, and I was thinking about giving up and moving back until I found this keyboard. I'm glad it was helpful! Best two dollars I've spent recently.
lnanek2 12y ago
I would have liked to see this too. I tried the YouTube on the Google Play store, read enough of the description to understand how it works, then gave up trying it.

by cool-RR 12y ago

intull 12y ago

They do have a video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUjBdMz1q8I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUjBdMz1q8I

sexmonad 12y ago
That video is just auto-complete after the first letter...
- intull 12y ago
  Smart! Didn't observe that.
- mobilemaggie 12y ago
  Yes, it's a practice application with pangrams, with the auto-complete turned on. Here's a video of a speed test with everything turned off: http://youtu.be/xigziUyUcrM http://youtu.be/xigziUyUcrM (good point to get this more visible on the website)
cool-RR 12y ago
After viewing this video six times, I'd like someone to explain to me how the program knew to autocomplete "z" into "zippers" without consulting the users. Could it be that they've trained it for this specific sentence, making this entire video meaningless at best and a fraud at worst?

jamesaguilar 12y ago

Fleksy. World record holder for SMS speed. If you haven't tried it, you owe it to yourself. They have a free demo for thirty days too.

octaveguin 12y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. The stock android keyboard is super terrible so I'd been looking for a better one. This is by far the best I've found. Most require a large learning curving. This one feels like the iOS one but it's a bit smoother. Nice find!
- jamesaguilar 12y ago
  Yes, I have just moved from iOS to Android in the last few weeks, and I was thinking about giving up and moving back until I found this keyboard. I'm glad it was helpful! Best two dollars I've spent recently.

lnanek2 12y ago

I would have liked to see this too. I tried the YouTube on the Google Play store, read enough of the description to understand how it works, then gave up trying it.