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mr_snartypants t1_j842azg wrote

iOS’s automatic text correction is atrocious. It is one glaring issue that seems completely ignored. I do not know what the answer is, but this isn’t it. I miss the OG swype keyboard I used exclusively before moving to iOS. That was, for me, absolutely the hardest part of transitioning from Android to iOS.

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wm1178 t1_j86yndj wrote

Download swiftkey keyboard,has swipe

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mr_snartypants t1_j883sas wrote

I’ve tried swiftkey in the past. It’s decent, but not as good as Swype was. I was using gboard almost exclusively until iOS integrated swiping in their default keyboard. When I first moved to iOS, you were still forced to use the default keyboard for any passwords/etc. I found that extremely frustrating, once it was built into the default keyboard I just started using it and have stuck with it. The default keyboard, at this point, isn’t awful but the predictive text/autocorrect is truly bad.

Back in the day with Swype, you could pick from multiple keyboard layouts. You could also customize colors and it built up a library of words you would use often. The autocorrect was actually a benefit. iOS will simply change your entire sentence if you aren’t careful. I find that I often have to reread my text input sometimes twice to confirm I’ve typed what I actually intended.

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