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I used Unexpected Keyboard
Any tips on how to improve typing speed? (without using word suggestion and autocorrect)
I'm interested in how fast people who swipe type are.
Also, do those keyboards like Thumb Key and FlickBoard have the potential "to be faster" than the standard keyboards?
My speed is garbage whether I just type or use the swipe. Mainly because unlike using an actual keyboard where I can get over 100wpm, I can't really touch type so I have to constantly switch between looking at the keyboard and looking at the text coming up.
50WPM, 100% accuracy with AnySoftKeyboard and no aids. This was the third try.
Monkey type uses a very synthetic approach to measuring words per minute. I feel that allows everyone's numbers to be artificially high. Typing cat feels a bit more realistic.
Using an old Lite-On SK-1688U. I grew playing text based games (MUDs) and would highly recommend anyone who wants to get better at typing to play some of them in their spare time. They're free in most cases and have different themes/systems of play.
topmudsites.com
reddit.com/r/mud
just realized this was for virtual keyboards, so nevermind
Glove80
I had to get a split keyboard to alleviate pain in hands and chest.
46 WPM 98% accuracy GBoard. I fucked up on the final word lmao
71 wpm @ 91% accuracy with Gboard. Auto correct does some work on it though so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
wpm 52 acc 97% with gboard
I used messageease for a month or so but was unable to improve :/ https://www.exideas.com/ME/index.php
40 WPM 100% accuracy , Samsung keyboard
67wpm 97% accuracy with chrooma keyboard and swipe. Switched to gboard and only got 54/87.
51 wpm 97% accuracy with BlackBerry Keyboard
76 wpm at 85% accuracy with MS SwiftKey
34/84% tops swipe or normal Gboard.
All swipe inputs other than Gboard have become immensely worse after the first few months of existing, and Gboard shortly after gaining the feature. Tap typing feels unaligned on every phone these days too. The suggestions for tap and the chosen word when swiping are often the most out there words nobody ever uses too.
Where do you get those stats? I use Gboard.
The typing test in op's post
Ooops. I must've glanced right over that. Ty.
around 60 wpm with gboard
AnySoftKeyboard and got 54wpm 95% accuracy. Better than I thought I would get
Came here to see if there were any supporters for AnySoft Keyboard 😃
Thanks, everyone fornletting me kmkw aboit Florisbkard. Im always down to rey to nee opem source keyboard. It has perfext typing.
Edit: I honestly don't know how anyone could praise an early beta keyboard with no autocorrect and no paricularly compelling features over OpenBoard.
Yah, the Florisboard comments always weird me out. There isn't a chance in hell I'm using a keyboard without an autocorrect. Everyone must type perfectly with their thumbs except me.
Learn typing lol
I don't type with autocorrect. Last time I checked it was around the same speed as me using swipe, ~76 wpm.
I've recently started growing my nails so that has made it slightly harder. Not sure how people type with nails.
I used to on physical keyboards. I would turn autocorrect on my LG Ally off because it was in the way more than anything else.
Onscreen keyboards exist because god is dead and satan is in charge.
What keyboard did you use to type that comment? Looks like the autocorrect doesn't work. Or was that unexpected keyboard?
FlorisBoard, the one that so many comments are recommending. No idea why. It doesn't even have autocorrect yet.
You only need autocorrect if the keyboard is the wrong size, and florisboard can be adapted to your needs perfectly
That's quite the statement. My screen is only so wide, and you haven't seen how large my thumbs are.
Thats true. Maybe thumbkey is better for you? A standard keyboard is not made to use that space efficiently.
But relying on some automated often tracking process to correct what you "actually wanted to say" is very strange.
OpenBoard is FOSS and doesn't track you. You can disable the user dictionary if you consider that tracking.
I know how to proofread. The vast majority of the time it chooses the word I meant, and it's trivial to fix the mistakes. Without it, I can't get through two words without a typo, as evidenced by my original comment.
Caring that someone else requires autocorrect to be an effective communicator and calling their usage of it "very strange" is dick thing to say.
There is no autocorrect on pen&paper or hardware keyboards. If keyboards are that bad that you need it, they are bad.
Idk, it may just be because of the touchscreen.
My physical keyboard buttons are a liiiiittle bigger than my on-screen ones. WTF is wrong with you?
Im using florisboard, im getting used to not having autocorrect but i think im doing ok so far. I believe autocorrect is in beta
HP office keyboard from 2010 (The cadillac of keyboards), and somewhere around 90 WPM.
HP office keyboard on your android phone?
Didn't see which group I was in lol
I made the same mistake and was initially like "50wpm? Amateur." Once I saw it was Android, I shut my mouth with my 20wpm on my phone.
63 wpm, 91% acc
Florisboard, I love that keyboard. I have to say I cant perfectly read mistakes on Monkeytype so some more of them
I was faster and more accurate in typing manually (~ 70 wpm) than with swipe typing with Gboard (~ 50 wpm) lol. Maybe I'm just more used to using FlorisBoard daily tho
58 with stock apple keyboard (don’t know why I decided to post this comment in an android community lol)